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7: Solve Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

Objectives:
Write absolute value equations and inequalities Solve absolute value equations and inequalities Graph absolute value equations and inequalities Use absolute value equations and inequalities to solve real-life problems.

Exercise 1
Kenny digs a hole in his backyard while his parents are still at work. He neatly piles the dirt from the hole on the concrete patio. When Kennys parents return home, they demand that Kenny explain why he destroyed their well-manicured backyard oasis. Kenny says that the hole and the dirt from the whole demonstrate absolute value. What is Kenny talking about?

Absolute Value
The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on a real number line. The absolute value is always positive.

Absolute Value Equations

Solving Absolute Value Equations

To solve |ax + b| = c, 1. Write TWO equations: ax + b = c ax + b = -c 2. Solve each equation. 3. Check each solution in the original equation.

Exercise 2
Solve each absolute value equation. (try these) |x| = 15
|x 5| = 7

Exercise 2 Cont
Solve each absolute value equation. |x| = 15 x = 15 x = -15
|x 5| = 7
x -5=7 x - 5 = -7 x -5+5=7+5 x - 5 + 5 = -7 + 5 x = 12 x=-2 I 12 - 5 I = 7 I -2 - 5 I = 7

Exercise 3
Solve. |5x - 10| = 45 |2x + 12| = 4x

Exercise 3 Cont

Extraneous Solutions
In the course of solving an absolute value equation, one of the solutions may not actually satisfy the original equation. This an extraneous solution. Get rid of it; its no good!

Exercise 3

Absolute Value Inequalities

Key Concepts: |x| = 5 means the distance from zero equals 5.
-5 0 5

|x| 5 means the distance from zero is less than or equal to five.
-5 0 5

-5 x 5

Absolute Value Inequalities

Follow me here: |x| = 5 means the distance from zero equals 5.
-5 0 5

|x| 5 means the distance from zero is greater than or equal to five.
-5 0 5

x -5 or x 5

Absolute Value Inequalities

Key Concepts:

Exercise 4
Solve the inequality. Then graph the solution. |4x + 5| > 13

Exercise 4 Cont

Exercise 5

Exercise 6
A professional baseball should weigh 5.125 ounces, with a tolerance of 0.125 ounces. (Tolerance is the maximum deviation from the ideal measurement.) Write and solve an absolute value inequality that describes the acceptable weights of a baseball.

Exercise 6 cont
First write a verbal model of the equation:
actual weight- ideal weight tolerance

Convert verbal model to an equation and solve:

w-5.125 0.125 -0.125 w-5.125 0.125 5 w 5.25