Solving Absolute Value Equations

Absolute Value :
the distance the number is from 0 on a number line .
Written as 1×1 .

" if ✗ is
positive

{
'

1×1 = 0, if ✗ = 0

x if is
negative
-

, x

Self Check-

(1) / /
x = 17 ✗ = 17 ,
-17 (2) 1×+31 -12=20 (3) 13×+61=39

1×+31 = 18 3×+6--1=39
-12=1--13 ✗= -15 11
✗ +3 = -1-18 ✗ = -21 and 15 K ,

Functions and the Number e

Exponential
¥t|-, gets closer
"
(1+-4) and close
As n
gets larger and larger ,
the
expression
2.594 2.705 2.717 2.718 2.718 2.718 To 2.71828 .
. .

,
which is value of e.

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)

• The number is called the natural base e ,

or the Euler number ,
after its discover ,
Swiss mathematician
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) .

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The natural base e Ts irrational .
It is defined as follows :

(1+-4)
"
As n
approaches too
, approaches e = 2.718281828459 .

0
An irrational number is a real number that is not a rational number ( i. e. it cannot be expressed as the

ratio of two
integers ) .
Irrational numbers can be represented by decimals in which the
digits go
on forever without

ever
repeating
a
pattern .

EXPONENT AL GROWTH MODEL EXPONENTIAL DECAY MODEL

growth factor decay factor

period
y= city
-1 - time period
y= city - time

To I ( 1 r )> 0
assure >
-

initialamount growth
' 1 " ,
rate
initial amount
decay rate
it is necessary
that Ocr < 1 .

Exponential functions used model populations date artifacts of death ,

°
carbon help determine time
are to , ,
corners
compute
well
investments , as as
many other applications .

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They are identical except for the sign between 1 and r .
This results in a base less than 1 for exponential
functions and for functions
decay , a base
greater
than 1 exponential growth .

0
Exponential growth functions are used in real life -

involving compound interest .

Compound interest Ts

interest paid on the initial amount, called the

principal ,
and on
previously earned interest C Interest
paid on the

principal only is called simple interest ) .

compound interest °
compounded continuo sly
time ( usually in
Years > rate
rate
' The interest is
usually As the number of times the
t 't per year
=p ( It A-
per time
-

A-
=

, ,
h
'
compounded more
frequently amgun, principle
- interest is compounded approaches infinity ,

amount
principle number of times
the interest
than once
per year .
the interest is said to be compounded continuously .

per year
is compounded