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Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016

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4. Solving Absolute Value Equations

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Exercise 15 Page 32

How many cases do you have after you remove the absolute value?

Solutions: $m = 4$ and $m = - 10$
Number Line:

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An absolute value measures an expression's distance from a midpoint on a number line.

∣ m + 3 ∣ = 7

This equation means that the distance is

7,

either in the

positive

direction or the

negative

direction.

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Communicate Your Answer p.27

Monitoring Progress p.28-31

Exercises p.32-34