Answer: |81-x|<5
Step-by-step explanation:
Given: Temperature of an enclosure for a pet corn snake should be an average of 81° F.
Temperature in the enclosure should not vary by more than 5° F.
Let x= Temperature in the enclosure
Then, difference between average and current temperature should less the 5.
i.e. |81-x|<5 (required absolute value equation )
hence, the absolute value equation could be used to determine the minimum and maximum temperatures recommended for the corn snake enclosure:
|81-x|<5
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
[...] if you can write the LHS as a perfect square, or if you can't spot a factorization of it right away, if and only if the discriminant
(or, if b is an even number, 1/4 of it) is zero.
<u>I see it! I see it!</u>
Stare at it for a while. First term is
, third term is
, we are missing a double product, but we can play with k. For the LHS to be
you just need
.
<u>I don't see it...</u>
Then number crunching it is. Set the discriminant to 0, solve for k
