Answer:
The difference in meaning is that
-3 is a signed value. It lies to the left of zero
+3 is also a signed value, and since it is positive, it lies to the right of zero
|-3| is just the physical distance (left or right) of -3 from zero. Since we live in a physical world, all distances are positive, so its signed value is 3.
Since +3 is also 3 units from zero, |+3| = 3
|-3| = |+3| = 3 since both are three units away from zero.
So, when using absolute values as numbers, rather than distances,
|x| = x if x is not negative
|x| = -x if x is negative
To find the box answer, you can divide y by x:

You can check every pair, bit I'm going to show you the first 2 as an example:

So 3/2 is the answer!
Answer:
17. x = y^2 - 2ay +a^2
18. x = y^2 - a
Step-by-step explanation:
17. Since we want to make x the subject of the formula, we first isolate the square root of x and get
= y - a.
squaring both sides,
x = y^2 - 2ay +a^2
18. Since both x and the a are under the square root, we first start by squaring both sides.
So y^2 = x+a.
Isolating the x, we get
x = y^2 - a