1.5: Absolute value inequalities and equations

Question 1

a numbers distance from zero on the number line and distance is nonnegative

Answer 1

absolute value

Question 2

a solution of an equation derived from an original equation that is not a solution of the original equation.

Answer 2

extraneous solution

Question 3

equaling one half of the difference between the maximum and the minimum values.

Answer 3

tolerance