Absolute Value 3rd/ 8th

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

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

What is the absolute value of |-26|.

• 26
• -26
• 0
• -20

What is the absolute value of |572|.

• 275
• -572
• 57
• 572

|x-3|=40

• x = 43, x = -37

• x = 43, x = -43

• x = -43, x = 37

• x = 43

|x+7|=12

• x = -5, x = 19

• x = 5, x = -19

• x = 5, x = -5

• x = 12, x = -7

|v + 8| − 5 = 2 

• {-1,-15}
• {-1,-5}
• {-15,15}
• No Solution

|-2 - 4n| = 34

• n = -9, n = 8
• n = 9, n = 8
• n = -9
• n = 8

3| −8x| + 8 = 80

• {-7/3, 7/3}
• {-3,3}
• {11/3,-11/3}
• No Solution

-|−2r − 1| = 11

• {-6,5}
• {5,-6}
• -6
• No Solution