Absolute Value
Absolute Value
means ...
... only how far a number is from zero:
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"6" is 6 away from zero,
and "−6" is also 6 away from zero.
So the absolute value of 6 is 6,
and the absolute value of −6 is also 6 </span>
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More Examples:
<span><span>The absolute value of −9 is 9</span><span>The absolute value of 3 is 3</span><span>The absolute value of 0 is 0</span><span>The absolute value of −156 is 156</span></span>
No Negatives!
So in practice "absolute value" means to remove any negative
sign in front of a number, and to think of all numbers as positive (or
zero).
Absolute Value Symbol
To show that we want the absolute value of something, we put
"|" marks either side (they are called "bars" and are found on the right
side of a keyboard), like these examples:
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|−5| = 5
|7| = 7
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Sometimes absolute value is also written as "abs()", so abs(−1) = 1 is the same as <span>|−1| = 1</span>
Question:
In a neighbourhood pet show, each of the animals entered is equally likely to win. if there are 7 dogs, 6 cats, 3 birds, and 2 gerbils entered, what is the probability that a bird will win the top prize?
Answer:
Probability that a bird will win the top prize is 0.167
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
The number of dogs = 7
The number of cats = 6
The number of birds = 3
The number of gerbils = 2
To Find:
Probability that a bird will win the top prize = ?
Solution:
Let us first find the total number of pets .
The Total number of pets = 7 + 6 + 3 + 2 = 18
Now the probability of a bird will win the top prize is
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=>0.167
To help you with it, plug-in 15 in each equation and see what you get!
Let's solve your equation step-by-step.<span><span><span><span><span>65+6x</span>+3x</span>+9</span>+65</span>=180
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Step 1: Simplify both sides of the equation.<span><span><span><span><span>65+6x</span>+3x</span>+9</span>+65</span>=180
</span><span><span><span>(<span>6x+3x</span>)</span>+<span>(<span>65+9+65</span>)</span></span>=180 </span>(Combine Like Terms)
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9x</span>+139</span>=180</span><span><span>9x+139</span>=180
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Step 2: Subtract 139 from both sides.
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9x</span>+139</span>−139</span>=180−139</span><span>9x=41
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Step 3: Divide both sides by 9.
<span><span>9x/9</span>=<span>41/9
</span></span><span> x=<span>41/9
And finally you divided by 41/9
Answer is x= 4.555556
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