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9 April, 17:50

Two numbers A and B are graphed on a number line. It is always, sometimes, or never true that A - |B| |B| Explain

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  1. 9 April, 20:02
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    Consider the cases when A is not > |B|:

    In these cases " (A - |B| |B|) " is never true, because the second part of the proposition (sentence in " ") is not true.

    So consider the cases when A>|B|

    A is clearly positive, since |B| is positive.

    case 1:

    both A and B are positive, so |A|=A and |B|=B, and A>|B|,

    in this case

    A-|B|=A-B and clearly A-B
    case 2:

    B is negative, so |B|=-B,

    thus A-|B|=A - (-B) = A+B

    so A-|B|=A+B, thus A-|B| is not < A+B

    case 3:

    B=0,

    A-|B|=A and A+B=A,

    so A-|B|=A+B, thus A-|B| is not < A+B.

    Answer: sometimes:

    Precisely when A>B, and both A and B are positive.
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