The absolute value is defined as
So for example, if <em>x</em> = 3, then |<em>x</em>| = |3| = 3, since 3 is positive. On the other hand, if <em>x</em> = -5, then |<em>x</em>| = |-5| = -(-5) = 5, since -5 is negative. The absolute value is always positive.
For the inequality |7 + 8<em>x</em>| > 5, you consider the two cases where the argument to the absolute value (the expression you find inside the bars) is either positive or negative.
• If 7 + 8<em>x</em> ≥ 0, then |7 + 8<em>x</em>| = 7 + 8<em>x</em>, so that
• Otherwise, if 7 + 8<em>x</em> < 0, then |7 + 8<em>x</em>| = -(7 + 8<em>x</em>), so that
The solution to the inequality is the union of these two intervals.
1. 2 2/3
2. 4.2
Explanation:
1. 8/9*3=24/9=8/3=2 2/3
2. 9/5*7/3 9*7=63 5*3=15 so 63/15=21/5=4 1/5=4.2
I think the answer is C. (a.k.a the third one)
I hoped this helped !!
You don't have the graph icon here, so we'll have to graph this parabola without it.
Your parabola is y = -x^2 + 3., which resembles y = a(x-h)^2 + k. We can tell immediately that this parabola opens down and that the vertex is (0,3).
Plot (0,3). Besides being the vertex, this point is also the max. of the function.
Now calculate four more points. Choose four arbitrary x-values, such as {-2, 1, 4, 5} and find the y value for each one. Plot the resulting four points. Draw a smooth curve thru them, remembering (again) that the vertex is at (0,3) and that the parabola opens down.
