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melisa1 [442]
3 years ago
14

Given that x < 5, rewrite 5x - |x - 5| without using absolute value signs.

Mathematics
2 answers:
arsen [322]3 years ago
8 0

For x, x-5, therefore |x-5|=-(x-5)=-x+5

So, for x, 5x-|x-5|=5x-(-x+5)=5x+x-5=6x-5

andriy [413]3 years ago
5 0

So, if we have an arbitrary number under the absolute value, say y, we have |y| to be:

y0 \implies |y| =y

Which in plain english means "If y is less than 0, then the absolute value of y is the negation of y, and if y is greater than 0 then the absolute value of y is y."

So, in our above absolute value expression we would have:

x-5 < 0 \implies |x-5| = -(x-5) \\ x-5>0 \implies |x-5| = x-5

Since we are given x<5, we know that the absolute value actually negates what's encompassed by it so we have:

5x-(-(x-5))=\\ 5x-(-x+5)= 5x+x-5= 6x-5

So our expression without the absolute value signs is simply 6x-5.

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