Question

Which compound sentence is the equivalent of |x - 5| = 4?
A.x - 5 > 4 or x - 5 < -4
B.-4 < x - 5 < 4
C.-8 < 2x + 3 < 8
D.x - 5 = 4 or x - 5 = -4





E.

2x + 3 > 8 or 2x + 3 < -8

Answer 1

you never gave me a medal ):

Answer 2

Sorry.

Answer 3

click (: ----------->

Answer 4

If you anwser this one correctly? The other one was wrong..

Answer 5

lol

Answer 6

your missing your < > in the question

Answer 7

Question is really easy and nothing is missing

Answer 8

Could you walk me through it?

Answer 9

Hint: \(|a - b| = c\) means the same as \(a - b = c \) or \(a - b = -c\)

Answer 10

Which answer choice resembles the hint above?

Answer 11

Is it D?

Answer 12

See how easy that was?

Answer 13

There's actually a general rule

Answer 14

Could you tell me how you did that though?

Answer 15

Properties of absolute value:
\(|a-b| = c \)
\(a - b = \pm c \)
\( a - b = c\) or \(a - b = -c\)

Those three statements above are all three mathematical statements that mean the same thing.