Absolute Value Equations

Evaluate each expression.
| x + 9 | = -5

• -14
• -4
• {-14, -4}
• no solution

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CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

| x – 3 |= 0

• 3
• -3
• {-3, 3}
• no solution

Solve:

• {24}
• {-6, -8}
• {16, 4}
• {24, -24}

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TEKS.MATH.2A.6E

• {4, -4}
• {9, -9}
• {5, -9}
• {13, -1}

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CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1

 |x+5| = 6

• -6,6
• -11, 1
• -5, 6
• ⊘ No solution

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CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

I 5 I

• 5
• -5
• -5 and 5

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CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.NS.C.5

What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

| –3 |

• 3
• -3
• 0.30
• 30

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

• {26, -8}
• {40, -40}
• {40}
• {9, -9}