Question

Write an absolute value equation that has the solutions 2 = 8 and x = 18.

The equation is:

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Answer 1

Absolute value equation: |x - 13| = 5

Explanation:

The midpoint between 8 and 18 is;

(8 + 18)/2 = 26/2 = 13

This means that the distance between 13 and either 8 or 18 will be 5.

Now, the absolute value equation will have to say that the distance between x and 13 is 5.

Thus, plugging those numbers into the pattern of |x - m| = b. Where m is the midpoint and b is the distance from midpoint to either values of x.

This gives us the absolute value equation: |x - 13| = 5