Book 8:  Absolute Value and Review


You Will

Subjects

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Appendix

  • Absolute Value Introduction

  • Absolute Value Equations

  • Absolute Value Inequalities

  • Real-World Problems

  • Dueling Professors

  • Getting Abstract

  • Around The World

  • Just a Little Behind

 

Video Highlights


The absolute value of any real number is the distance between that number and zero on a number line. This book explains how to solve problems involving absolute value inequalities and reviews the algebra you have learned in this and all of the previous books. Examples include evaluating blood pressure, controlling potato chip quality, and calculating the altitude of a glider.

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

  • Absolute Value

  • Beginning with Basics

  • Looking at Longer Expressions

  • Applying Absolute Value

  • A More Precise Definition

  • Defining the Rules

  • Applying the Rules

  • Solving Less-Than Inequalities

  • Solving Greater - Than Inequalities

  • Solving General Inequalities

  • Solving Longer Inequalities

  • A Lofty Problem

  • A Tantalizing Problem

 

Summary/Terminology

 

Absolute Value
Definitions of Absolute Value
If and Only If Statement
Simplifying Absolute Value Equations
Solving Absolute Value Equations
Absolute Value Inequalities
Union of Sets
Intersection of sets
Rules of Absolute Value Inequalities
Solving |a|<b
Solving |a| >b