AnglaGardley
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  • 04-01-2015
  • Mathematics
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write a word problem whose solution is 20.
involves absolute values and opposites

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apologiabiology
apologiabiology apologiabiology
  • 04-01-2015
so |x|=absolute value of x
opposites, I assume, are negative values

when you put something in an absolute value, it makes it positive (accutally it just counts the units)

|24-2*2|-x=0
solve for x
the answer is x=20  of course
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