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Assignment # 02 Algebra
M2
Topic: Absolute Values, Laws of Inequality and Graphing Inequalities

1. If a and b are the two solutions to the equation | x - 7 | = 11, what is the value of a+ b?
(A) -4 (B) 14 (C) 18 (D) None of these
2. If |y +7| < 7, then which of the following best describes the range of y values?

(A) 0 < y <7 (B) 0 < y <14 (C) -14< y <14 (D) -14 < y < 0
3. On the number line, the distance between the point whose coordinate is ‘s’ and the point whose
coordinate is ‘t’ is greater than 645. Which of the following must be true?

I.|s| ∙ |t| > 645 II.|s − t| > 645 III.t – s > 645

(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I, II, and III

4. If x < 0, what is the value of x in the equation | -x - 5 | = 6?

(A) -11 (B) -6 (C) -5 (D) -1

5. What is the set of solutions for ‘x’ in the equation 5 +| -x - 2 | = 11?

(A) {-8,-4} (B) {-8} (C) {4} (D) {-8, 4}

6. Which of the following equations could produce the given graph?

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–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 –1 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 x

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(A) y = x + 4 (B) y =| x | +4 (C) y =| x | – 4 (D) y = | x – 4 |

7. A student estimates that an end-of-semester project for history class will take ‘h’ hours to complete,
where h < 30. The goal is for the estimate to be within 5 hours of the time it will actually take to
complete the project. If the student meets the goal and it takes ‘x’ hours to complete the project, which
of the following inequalities represents the relationship between the estimated time and the actual
completion time?

(A) x+ h <10 (B) x > 30 – h (C) h< 30 + x (D) - 5 < x - h < 5

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8. If 17x + 19 = 0, then 17 x equals which one of the following?

(A) –17x (B) –19 (C) 19 (D) 17x

9. If xy2z < 0, then which one of the following statements must also be true?

I. x < 0, y > 0
II. z < 0, y < 0
III. x z < 0
(A) None (B) I and II only (C) III only (D) All
10. If x =- x , then which one of the following statements could be true?

I. x = 0 II. x < 0 III. x > 0

(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II (D) All
11. Find all the values of x for which x2 > -6x - 5?

(A) -5 < x < -1 (B) x < -5 (C) x > -1 (D) x < -5, x > -1
12. Which of the following is the solution of given system of inequalities?

(A) (-3,2) (B) (-1,1) (C) (-2,1) (D) (-1,3)

13. If x >7 and x <8, then which of the following is positive?

(I) (x – 7)(x – 8)
(II) (7 – x)(x – 8)
(III) (7 – x)(8 – x)
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II only
14. In a certain game a player can attain a score that is a real number between 0 and 100. The player is said
to be in satisfactory scoring range R if his or her score is between 62 and 80. If John has a score of x,
and John is in satisfactory scoring range R, which of the following represents all possible values of x?

(A) |x + 71| < 9 (B) |x − 71| < 9 (C) |x + 71| = 9 (D) |x − 71| > 9
15. Let p, q, and r be numbers such that −p<q<r<p. Which of the following must be true?

I. r – q > 0
II. q + r > 0
III. |q| < p
(A) I only (B) III only (C) I and III only (D) I, II, and III
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16. For the equations |x − 8| = 13 and |y + 3| = 11, which of the following is a possible value of x − y?

(A) 11 (B) 19 (C) 35 (D) None of these

17. Which of the following represents the distance between ‘x’ and –18 on the number line?
(A) |x − 18| (B) |− 18x| (C) |x + 18| (D) |18 − x|
18. If x – y>x + y, then which of the following must be true?

(A) x>y (B) y < 0 (C) x< 0 (D) x<y

19. A number line contains two different points P&Q . These points are both 8 units from the point with
coordinate -3 .The solutions to which of the following equations gives the coordinates of both points?

(A) | x -3 | = 8 (B) | x + 3 |= 8 (C) | x - 8 | =3 (D) | x -8 | =-3

20. For the equations |x + 8| = 14 and |y − 2| = 7, which of the following is/are possible value(s) of x + y?
I. −27 II.−13 III. 1

(A) I only (B) I and II only (C) II and III only (D) I, II and III

21. The label on each box of packed healthy food for corona patients says that it contains 1.5 pounds of
food, but industry standards allow these boxes to be sold with anywhere from 1.25 pounds to 1.75
pounds of food. If x represents the number of pounds of food in a box that meets industry standards,
which of the following inequalities represents all possible values of x?

(A) |x - 1.5| ≤ 1.25 (B) |x - 1.5| ≤ 0.5 (C) |x - 1.5| ≤ 0.25 (D) |x - 1.5| ≤ 1.75

22. If b > 2 and 2x – 3b =0, which of the following must be true?

(A) x > - 3 (B) x < 3 (C)x = 3 (D) x > 3

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23. Solve the inequality x -5x < 0

(A) x < 0 (B) x <5 (C) -5 < x < 0 (D) 0 < x < 5

24. Solve the inequality x2 -7x > 0

(A) x > 0, x > 7 (B) x < 0, x > 7 (C) 0 < x < 7 (D) x > 7

25. Which of the following is equal to |p-q|+|q-p|?

(A) 0 (B) 2(p – q) (C) 2(q – p) (D) 2|p-q|

26. If 6 < 18py - 5 <36, where p is a positive constant, what is the possible range of values of 5/3−6py ?
(A) Any value greater than -36 or less than -6 (B) Any value greater than -6 or less than -36
(C) Any value greater than−2 or less than −12 (D) Any value greater than −12 or less than −2
27. Which of the following must be true if x/y ≤ -7?

(A) x ≤ -7y (B) x ≥ -7y

(C) x ≤ -7y< 0 or x ≤ -7y> 0 (D) x ≤ -7y < 0 or x ≥ -7y > 0

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28. From AGSD Mohali, more than 765 students travelled to Fun City for a field trip. The institute allowed
17 students to travel by car and the rest of students travelled on 19 buses, each of which held the same
number of students. If there were ‘s’ students in each bus. Which of the following inequality best
represents this situation?

(A) 17s + 19 > 765 (B) 19s + 17 < 765 (C) 19s + 17 > 765 (D) 19s - 17 < 748

29. On the real number line, a number ‘a’ is more than thrice as far from -5 as it is from 5. Which of the
following inequalities can be solved to find all possible values of a?

(A) |a - 5| > 2|a + 5| (B) |a + 5| > 3|a - 5| (C) 3|a - 5| > |a + 5| (D) 3|a + 5| > |a - 5|

30. Of the following statements, which are equivalent?

I. -2.5 < x < 2.5 II. x2 < 6.25 III. |x +1| < 1.5

(A) I and II only (B) I and III only (C) II and III only (D) All

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Student-Produced Response (SPR) Questions
31.  
What is the value of  6  2 17  7 x  5   when x=2?

32. If ‘n’ and ‘t’ are solutions to the equation| 4x +12 | = 4 , what is the value of| n + t | ?

33. How many integers are not the solutions of inequality |2x−5| ≥ 3?

34. If |−7a + 11| = 10 and |−3b + 13| = 17, what is the greatest possible value of ab?

35. If a and b are the two solutions to the equation | x - 7 | = 11 where a>b, what is the value of a - b ?

36. Find the integer value of ‘a’ for which the system 3x – 6y = 1 and 5x – ay = 2 satisfy the condition x < 0
and y < 0?

37. How many integers ‘p’ are there such that 1 < 6p + 6 < 36?

38. If a and b are two solutions of x  2x 1 , find the value of a + b ?

39. If n < 0, find the value of ‘n’ which is thirty less than twice its own absolute value?

40. If |3x – 5| is equal to 7 and (3x – 7)2 is equal to 25, then what is the value of x?