Question

There is a difference of 3 inches in height between Jairo and Pete, but you do not know who is taller. Let j represent Jairo's height, and let p represent Pete's height. Formulate an absolute value equation to relate the heights.

Answer 1

| j - p | = 3

Explanation:

If the difference is 3 inches, then the equation should be equal to 3.

Then, j - p needs to be put into the absolute value bars to represent the difference between the 2 heights, so that will be | j - p |

Combine these:

| j - p| = 3 will be the absolute value equation representing the heights