SOLUTION: What are the values of a and b, if any, where a|b – 2| < 0 ? A. a < 0 and b 2 B. a < 0 and b = 2 C. a 0 and b > 2 D. a > 0 and b < 2 E. There are no such values of a and b.

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Question 276498: What are the values of a and b, if any, where a|b – 2| < 0 ?
A. a < 0 and b 2
B. a < 0 and b = 2
C. a 0 and b > 2
D. a > 0 and b < 2
E. There are no such values of a and b.

Answer by user_dude2008(1862)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b can't equal zero since |2-2|=0 which is not less than zero ---> eliminate choice B

|b-2| is positive so a is negative ----> eliminate choices C, D

Only answer left is choice A

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