Absolute Value Inequalities (4/3-4)

Solve.

|x + 4| < 5

• x < -9 or x > 1

• -9 < x < 1

• x < 9 or x > -1

• -1 < x < 9

Solve.
|y - 4| ≥ 8

• y ≤ -4 or y ≥ 12
• -4 ≤ y ≤ -12
• y ≤ 4 or y ≥ -12
• -12 ≤ x ≤ 4

Solve.
|y - 1| ≤ 6

• -7 ≤ y ≤ 5
• y ≤ -7 or y ≥ 5
• -5 ≤ y ≤ 7
• y ≤ -5 or y ≥ 7

Solve.
|p + 3| ≥ 10

• -13 ≤ p ≤ 7
• p ≤ -13 or p ≥ 7
• -7 ≤ p ≤ 13
• p ≤ -7 or p ≥ 13

Solve.

3|d - 4| ≥ 12

• d = -8 or d = 0

• no solution

• d ≥ 8 or d ≤ 0

• d = 40 or d = 32

Solve:
|x + 3| > - 8

• x > 5 or x < -11
• x > 5
• all real numbers
• no solution

| 2x + 12 | < 8
Which is the correct first step?

• 2x + 12 < 8 and 2x+12 >-8
• 2x + 12 < 8 or 2x+12 >-8
• 2x + 12 < 8 and 2x+12 <-8
• 2x + 12 < 8 or 2x+12 >-8

What is the first step? 

• Get absolute value alone by subtracting 5 from both sides
• Get absolute value alone by dividing by 5 on both sides
• Split into two equations

What is the first step?

• Get the absolute value alone by dividing both sides by 5
• Drop the absolute value bars and add 7 and 5 together
• Get the absolute value alone by subtracting 5 from both sides

Recall that absolute value describes the __________________ from zero that a number is on the number line.

• distance

• mode

• arithmetic mean

• median