Answer:
A number line going from negative 1 to positive 7. Points are at positive 1 and positive 7.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have the equation:
|8 - 2*p| = 6
Remember that the equation:
|f(x)| = A
with A > 0
means that:
f(x) = A
or
f(x) = -A
Then for our case, we can rewrite:
|8 - 2*p| = 6
as:
(8 - 2*p) = 6
or
(8 - 2*p) = -6
Now we can solve these two equations to find the two possible values of p.
From the first one, we get:
8 - 2*p = 6
8 - 6 = 2*p
2 = 2*p
2/2 = p = 1
so one solution is p = 1
Now from the other equation, we can get the other solution:
(8 -2*p) = -6
8 - 2*p = -6
8 + 6 = 2*p
14 = 2*p
14/2 = p = 7
So the two solutions are p = 1 and p = 7
Then the correct option is:
"A number line going from negative 1 to positive 7. Points are at positive 1 and positive 7."
