Laura drank 1/3 quart of milk with breakfast, 1/4 quart of milk with lunch, and 1/6 quart of milk with dinner. How much milk did
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The absolute value function |<em>x</em>| always returns a non-negative number. It takes any number <em>x</em> and returns <em>x</em> if it's already non-negative, or -<em>x</em> if it is negative in order to make it positive.
For the equation
-3 + 4 |2<em>x</em> - 5| = 14
rearrange terms to get
|2<em>x</em> - 5| = 17/4
Now,
• if 2<em>x</em> - 5 ≥ 0, then |2<em>x</em> - 5| = 2<em>x</em> - 5. Then
2<em>x</em> - 5 = 17/4
• and if instead 2<em>x</em> - 5 < 0, then |2<em>x</em> - 5| = -(2<em>x</em> - 5), so that
-(2<em>x</em> - 5) = 17/4, or
2<em>x</em> - 5 = -17/4
In the first case,
2<em>x</em> - 5 = 17/4
2<em>x</em> = 17/4 + 5 = 37/4
<em>x</em> = 37/8
In the second case,
2<em>x</em> - 5 = -17/4
2<em>x</em> = -17/4 + 5 = 3/4
<em>x</em> = 3/8
To show that the ratio is not constant for the function
we only need to evaluate this function at 2 points and then show that the ratio is not the same for those two points. Note that here
represents
.
To find the counter examples here, I will use the values and
. For
, the equation tells us that the output is
. For this value of
the point is point is
. The ratio
. For the
,
. For this value of
the point is
. The ratio
. Clearly this ratio is not constant for all ordered pairs.