absolute value

Question 1

How many answers will you get from an absolute value equation?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

When you have an absolute value equation what is the first step?

Answer 2

Get absolute value alone

Question 3

Once absolute value is alone, how do you get two equations?

Answer 3

one is the original and the other is set equal to a negative

Question 4

Why are there two possible answers from an absolute value equation?

Answer 4

Because absolute value only gives you the positive answer, so we do not know if inside the absolute value signs there was originally a postive or negative

Question 5

What shape will an absolute avlue graph be?

Answer 5

v

Question 6

Why does absolute value create a v shape?

Answer 6

Because when the equation would become negative it is reflected back into the positive

Question 7

How do you graph an absolute value?

Answer 7

Graph the linear line until the absolute value=0 then reflect it to be a v