Saturday, December 29, 2007

[Math4u] Re: Questions ???

Greetings:

If a and b each correspond to a point on the real line, then the distance from one point to the other is equal to |a - b| (or, equivalently, |b - a|).  Thus the distance from x to 0 is written |x - 0| or simply |x|, and the distance from x to 5 is |x - 5|.  Thus x is farther from 0 than it is from 5 implies |x| > |x - 5| (or, |x - 5| < |x|). 

b) x is more than b units from a implies |x - a| > b.  x is less than c units from a implies |x - a| < c.  Since  b < |x - a| and |x - a| < c, we conclude b < |x - a| < c.  

Regards,

Rich B.    

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> Hi everyone can you help me to solve these questions :
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> 1.Calculate [ ( -2 ) ^ 0 y ^ -1 ( 2y ) ^ 3 / ( 2y ^ -2 ) ^ -1 y ^ -4 ]
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> 2. Use the absolute value notation " | | " to discribe :
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> a. x is farther from 0 than it is from 5 .
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> b. x is more than b units from a but less than c units from a .
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