SOLVE ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIESSection 1.7

Absolute Value• What is absolute value?• The distance a number is from zero.

• Written |x|, the value is never negative.

Solve absolute value equations

Solve absolute value inequalities

Look at the table on page 53

Solve and graph.

Application

A cereal company specifies that every family-size box of cereal should have a net weight of 25 ounces, with a tolerance of 1.2 ounces. Write and solve an absolute value inequality that describes the acceptable net weights for the cereal in a family-size box.

Inequality:

Answer: