Also, distance between P and 10 will be |P - 10|.
Hey experts,
Bunuel KarishmaB, I hope you are doing fine. I am tagging you to ask you if you could please help me with the following question:
I was wondering why isn't the correct answer?:
A. 2 lP - 32l= lP - 10l
My logic is that since the stimulus tells me
"...the distance between the tick marks for the temperatures P° and 32° is twice the distance between the tick marks for the temperatures P° and -10°..."
then the left side (distance between P and 32) must therefore be twice the distance between (P and -10).
Also, another question is that if distance is always represented by the difference between 2 points in absolute terms, using the equations la - bl, then how did we know to plug into "a" the value "p" in both cases, and plug into "b" the value "32" and "-10".
Many thanks in advance for your help and time.
guddo
On a laboratory thermometer with equally spaced tick marks for the degrees, the distance between the tick marks for the temperatures P° and 32° is twice the distance between the tick marks for the temperatures P° and -10°. Which of the following equations does P satisfy?
A. 2|P - 32|= |P - 10|
B. P + 32 = |P - 10|
C. 2|P + 32= |P + 10|
D. |P - 32| = 2|P + 10|
E. |P - 32| = 2|P - 10|
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