Absolute Value Inequalities


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Written Exercises

  1. What is the significance of the number inside the absolute value symbol?

  2. What is the significance of the number to the right of the inequality?

  3. How is the graph changed if the symbol "<" is replaced by ">"?

  4. Try entering a negative value for the number to the right of the inequality.  Explain how and why the sign affects the graph.

  5. What happens to the graph for a < sign? A > sign? Explain why this happens.

     

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