Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Absolute Value- Number Line Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]major[/m] at 7:44 pm on Dec. 7, 2008[quote]|5t+7|+8=17   -8 -8 |5t+7|=9 from here it can be either 5t +7=9 5t=2 t=2/5 or 5t+7=-9 t=-16/5 it would just be those two points, unless you're doing an inequality[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post KRNsoccerplayer24 Posted at 7:40 pm on Dec. 7, 2008 What would a number line look like with |5t+7|+8=17 I got not clue how to graph a number line for this. I KNOW i had a previous topic of the same stuff.  But there was a lot of confusion for me and i wanted to clear this up. Please only reply if you can help.

Replies major Posted at 7:44 pm on Dec. 7, 2008 |5t+7|+8=17   -8 -8 |5t+7|=9 from here it can be either 5t +7=9 5t=2 t=2/5 or 5t+7=-9 t=-16/5 it would just be those two points, unless you're doing an inequality matto Posted at 7:42 pm on Dec. 7, 2008 |5t + 7| = 9 5t + 7 = 9 (t = 2/5) 5t + 7 = -9 (t = -16/5) so it'll be a dot over -16/5 and a dot over 2/5, since those are the only two values that satisfy the equation All 2 previous replies displayed.