Question

The minimum distance between two fence post is 4 feet. The maximum distance is 10 feet. A. Represent these two distances on a number line. B. Write an absolute value equation that represents the minimum and maximum

Answer 1

Explanation:

In the attached image you can find both quantities in a line 4 being less than 10. To have the absolute value equation we note that 7 is equidistant 3 units from 4 and 10 or another way to figure this out is

`(4+10)/(2) =7`

Therefore the equation can be written as:

`\mid d-7 \mid=3`