Question

Which of the following statements says that a number is between -5 and 5?
|x| > 5
|x| < 5
|x| = 5

Answer 1

any ideas?

Answer 2

how do i figure this out?

Answer 3

think about how an inequality sign works

Answer 4

|x| < A

means that x is within -A or +A units of 0

Answer 5

well i thought it was the third one but i got it wrong on my assignment

Answer 6

|x| > A

means that x is more than A units away from 0 in either direction

Answer 7

given that information, what do you think the answer is?

Answer 8

the 1st one

Answer 9

"number is between -5 and 5"

does that match |x| < A or |x| > A?

Answer 10

yeah |x| < a

Answer 11

sweet thanks so much