True or False: The absolute value inequality |x-a|
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No! Let b = 0. Then |x - a| < 0 which is impossible for any x.
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lets see
x-a can be positive that would be true if x-a is less than b and x is not greater than a+b but not guaranteed
or x-a is negative that would be true if x is greater than b-a , but that is not guaranteed.
so it would appear that a+b < x
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a+b < x and
a-b < x
adding 2a < 2x
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x-a can be positive that would be true if x-a is less than b and x is not greater than a+b but not guaranteed
or x-a is negative that would be true if x is greater than b-a , but that is not guaranteed.
so it would appear that a+b < x
a+b < x and
a-b < x
adding 2a < 2x
a
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The absolute value of |x-a| will always equal to the positive values of those numbers (which is constant) however there is a variable which is b. So the answer is True because you can arrive to at least one solution because of the variable.
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