SOLUTION: My teacher gave us a worksheet and one of the problems said: "The answers to an absolute value problem are graphed below. What was the equation?" The graph had -12 and

Question 161293: My teacher gave us a worksheet and one of the problems said:
"The answers to an absolute value problem are graphed below. What was the equation?"
The graph had -12 and 120 graphed. I know that I find the medain number between the two, but then what should I do?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"The answers to an absolute value problem are graphed below. What was the equation?"
The graph had -12 and 120 graphed. I know that I find the medain number between the two, but then what should I do?
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The median number is (-12+120)/2 = 108/2 = 54
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The distance from the median to an end point is 120-54 = 66
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Absolute value is an expression of distance:
|x-54| = 66
This means "The distance each of your numbers is from 54 is 66.
One of the numbers is 66 above 54.
The other number is 66 below 54.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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