SOLUTION: Hello there. I am having some math problems.. so i hope you can help me out? I missed learning this in class and my teacher didnt really explain it very well.. please help! the qu

Question 707272: Hello there. I am having some math problems.. so i hope you can help me out? I missed learning this in class and my teacher didnt really explain it very well.. please help!
the question says: Given |x-9|=5, describe the relationship between x, 9, and 5 using absolute deviation.
Thanks much!
Sydney
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|x-9|=5 means that x is 5 units away from 9.

So x is either the number 14 or 4 since either number is exactly 5 units away from 9.

Draw out a number line and this may become clearer if what I'm saying doesn't make much sense.
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