SOLUTION: |x| > 5 how do I graph this on a number line?

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Question 1027229: |x| > 5
how do I graph this on a number line?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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|x| > 5 means that x is more than 5 units away from 0.

More formally, |x| > 5 if and only if x > 5, or x < -5. Now can you plot these two intervals on the number line?