SOLUTION: /5a/ is lesser and equel to 20

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Question 331404: /5a/ is lesser and equel to 20
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I think you mean



That symbol means "less than or equal" not "lesser and equel"

Use the definition of absolute value:



So:



or



Which two expressions can be combined to form:



Or specified in interval notation:



Or specified in Set Builder notation:




John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it