23. YOU BE THE TEACHER Your friend finds the difference. Is your friend correct?
Explain your reasoning.
IN
ODIN
3 9
+
2 2
12
= 6
2

Please see below :)

Step-by-step explanation:

Original problem and friend's solution:

3/2 - 9/2 = |3/2| + |9/2| = 12/2 = 6

First, let's solve the original problem:

3/2 - 9/2 = -6/2 = -3

Now we know that their solution is incorrect.

Here's why:

The absolute value of 3/2 is still 3/2.

The absolute value of -9/2 is 9/2.

If we wanted to use absolute value, we could rewrite the problem this way:

|3/2| - |-9/2| which would still equal 3/2 - 9/2.

It would be incorrect to do this (what the friend did):

|3/2| + |9/2|

They have to understand that -9/2 is negative (and so -9/2, INCLUDING the negative sign, would go into the absolute value bars if we were to use them) and that the subtraction and negative signs mean the same thing.

Hope this helps!

Let me know if I'm incorrect :)

this may not be at all, but i use the same website you're using for school, and if i'm stuck doing one of these i try to look for it on the section.

answer: yes, since the line has a steeper rate of change than the exponential the y-values will be greater and they will only intersect one time.