Question

Which conjunction or disjunction is equivalent to the open sentence |a – 7| ≤ 5?









A.

a – 7 ≤ 5 or a – 7 ≥ – 5








B.

a – 7 ≤ 5 and a – 7 ≥ – 5








C.

a – 7 ≥ 5 or a – 7 ≤ – 5

D.
a – 7 ≥ 5 and a – 7 ≤ – 5

Answer 1

please please edit these!

Answer 2

ugh sorry

Answer 3

\[|a – 7| ≤ 5 \]\[-5<a-7<5\]
\[2<a<12\]

Answer 4

actually they are not asking you to solve it they are just asking for the first step
a – 7 ≤ 5 and a – 7 ≥ – 5

Answer 5

agreed, too much whitespace

satellite73 is using the rule

if |x| < k, for some positive number k, then -k < x < k