1. CHAPTER 6 Section 6.4 Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

2. SOLVE ABSOLUTE VALUE INEQUALITIES © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

3. All the numbers whose distance from zero is greater than 4. -4 4 or ***Notice that you need to have two inequalities to represent the distances that are greater than 4 from zero. What does really mean? © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

4. “great OR” If the inequality involves a > or ≥, it is an “OR” inequality.

5. All the numbers whose distance from zero is less than 4. -4 4 and ***Notice that you need to have two inequalities to represent the distances that are less than 4 from zero. However, since these inequalities must happen at the same time, it should be written as What does really mean? © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

6. “less th AND” If the inequality involves a < or ≤, it is an “AND” inequality.

7. Solve and graph Step 1: Isolate the absolute value. 0 8 © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant Step 2: Set up two inequalities. Step 3: Solve the inequalities. Step 4: Graph the solutions.

8. Let’s practice! © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

9. You Try! Step 1: Solve and graph. Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5: -5 1 Final answer: -5<x<1 © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

10. You Try! Solve and graph. -12 6 Final answer: or © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant Set up two inequalities!

11. You Try! Solve and graph. -3 4 Final answer: or © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant Isolate the absolute value first!

12. You Try! Solve and graph. Final answer: © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant Isolate the absolute value first! -2 6

13. You Try! Solve and graph. Final answer: Isolate the absolute value first! -3 2 © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

14. You Try! Solve and graph. Final answer: NO SOLUTION! Absolute values are distances, which cannot be negative. You can choose any value for x and the left side of the inequality will always be positive. However, positive numbers are NEVER less than negative numbers. © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant Isolate the absolute value first!

15. You Try! Solve and graph. Final answer: ALL REAL NUMBERS! Isolate the absolute value first! Absolute values are distances, which cannot be negative. You can choose any value for x and the left side of the inequality will always be positive. Positive numbers are ALWAYS greater than negative numbers. © 2011 The Enlightened Elephant

16. Success! Nice job!

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