Solving Absolute Value Equations and Graphs

8|-2x + 4| = 96

• x = -4, x = 8

• x = -4

• x = -4, x = -8

• x = 4, x = 8

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 absolute value of |-26|.

• 26

• -26

• 0

• -20

What is the absolute value of |572|.

• 275

• -572

• 57

• 572

Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0

• -1

• 1

• 55

Evaluate the expression.
|1 - 5|

• 4

• -4

• -6

• 6

Evaluate the expression.
|5 + 4|

• 9

• -9

• -1

• 1

Evaluate the expression.
|-2| + |-5|

• 7

• -7

• 3

• -3

|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