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Think: Great or inequalities involving > or ≥ symbols are disjunctions.

Recall that the absolute value of a number x , written | x| , is the distance from x to zero on the number line. Because absolute value represents distance without regard to direction, the absolute value of any real number is nonnegative.

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Think: Great or inequalities involving > or ≥ symbols are disjunctions.

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  1. Recall that the absolute value of a number x, written |x|, is the distance from x to zero on the number line. Because absolute value represents distance without regard to direction, the absolute value of any real number is nonnegative. Absolute-value equations and inequalities can be represented by compound statements. Consider the equation |x| = 3. The solutions of |x|=3 are the two points that are 3 units from zero. The solution is a disjunction: x = –3 or x = 3.

  2. Helpful Hint Think: Greator inequalities involving > or ≥ symbols are disjunctions. Think: Less thand inequalities involving < or ≤ symbols are conjunctions. The solutions of |x|<3 are the points that are less than 3 units from zero. The solution is a conjunction: –3 <x <3. The solutions of |x|>3 are the points that are more than 3 units from zero. The solution is a disjunction: x < –3 or x > 3.

  3. Note: The symbol ≤ can replace <, and the rules still apply. The symbol ≥ can replace >, and the rules still apply. Ex 2A: Solve the equation. This can be read as “the distance from k to –3 is 10.” |–3 + k| = 10 Rewrite the absolute value as a disjunction. –3 + k = 10 or –3 + k = –10 k = 13 or k = –7 Add 3 to both sides of each equation.

  4. Ex 2B: Solve the equation. Isolate the absolute-value expression. Rewrite the absolute value as a disjunction. Multiply both sides of each equation by 4. x = 16 or x = –16 You can solve absolute-value inequalities using the same methods that are used to solve an absolute-value equation.

  5. Example 3A: Solving Absolute-Value Inequalities with Disjunctions Solve the inequality. Then graph the solution. |–4q + 2| ≥ 10 Rewrite the absolute value as a disjunction. –4q + 2 ≥ 10 or –4q + 2 ≤ –10 Subtract 2 from both sides of each inequality. –4q ≥ 8 or –4q ≤ –12 Divide both sides of each inequality by –4 and reverse the inequality symbols. q ≤–2 or q ≥ 3

  6. –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Example 3A Continued {q|q ≤ –2 or q ≥ 3} (–∞, –2] U [3, ∞) To check, you can test a point in each of the three region. |–4(0) + 2| ≥ 10 |2| ≥ 10 x |–4(–3) + 2| ≥ 10 |14| ≥ 10  |–4(4) + 2| ≥ 10 |–14| ≥ 10 

  7. –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Example 3B: Solving Absolute-Value Inequalities with Disjunctions Solve the inequality. Then graph the solution. |0.5r| – 3 ≥ –3 Isolate the absolute value as a disjunction. |0.5r| ≥ 0 Rewrite the absolute value as a disjunction. 0.5r ≥ 0 or 0.5r ≤ 0 Divide both sides of each inequality by 0.5. r ≤0 or r ≥ 0 The solution is allreal numbers, R. (–∞, ∞)

  8. Example 4A: Solving Absolute-Value Inequalities with Conjunctions Solve the compound inequality. Then graph the solution set. Multiply both sides by 3. |2x +7| ≤ 3 Rewrite the absolute value as a conjunction. 2x + 7 ≤ 3 and 2x + 7 ≥ –3 Subtract 7 from both sides of each inequality. 2x ≤ –4 and 2x ≥ –10 Divide both sides of each inequality by 2. x ≤ –2 and x ≥ –5

  9. –6 –5 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 Example 4A Continued The solution set is {x|–5 ≤ x ≤2}.

  10. Example 4B: Solving Absolute-Value Inequalities with Conjunctions Solve the compound inequality. Then graph the solution set. Multiply both sides by –2, and reverse the inequality symbol. |p – 2| ≤ –6 Rewrite the absolute value as a conjunction. |p – 2| ≤ –6 and p – 2 ≥ 6 Add 2 to both sides of each inequality. p ≤ –4 and p ≥ 8 Because no real number satisfies both p ≤ –4 andp ≥ 8, there is no solution. The solution set is ø.

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