21. Identical vacation cottages, equally spaced along a street, are numbered consecutively beginning with 10. Maria lives in cottage #17. Joshua lives 4 cottages away from Maria. If n represents Joshua's cottage number, then In-17| = 4. What are the possible numbers of Joshua's cottage? Maria's +++ 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

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17. [p -7| = -14
18. 2|3w| = 12
19. |7x– 3x| + 2 = 18
20. 4|7- y| -1= 11
. Identical vacation cottages, equally spaced along a street, are numbered consecutively beginning with 10.
Maria lives in cottage #17. Joshua lives 4 cottages away from Maria. If n represents Joshua's cottage
number, then |n- 17| = 4. What are the possible numbers of Joshua's cottage?
Maria's
10 12 14
16 18
20
22
24
22. Sarah and Jessica are sisters. Sarah's height is s inches and Jessica's height is j inches. Their father wants to
know how many inches separate the two. Write an equation for this difference, d, in such a way that the
result will always be positive no matter which sister is taller.
SAT
23. For what value of n is |n – 1| +1 equal to 0?
В. 1
С. 2
D. There is no such value of n.
A. 0
Transcribed Image Text:17. [p -7| = -14 18. 2|3w| = 12 19. |7x– 3x| + 2 = 18 20. 4|7- y| -1= 11 . Identical vacation cottages, equally spaced along a street, are numbered consecutively beginning with 10. Maria lives in cottage #17. Joshua lives 4 cottages away from Maria. If n represents Joshua's cottage number, then |n- 17| = 4. What are the possible numbers of Joshua's cottage? Maria's 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 22. Sarah and Jessica are sisters. Sarah's height is s inches and Jessica's height is j inches. Their father wants to know how many inches separate the two. Write an equation for this difference, d, in such a way that the result will always be positive no matter which sister is taller. SAT 23. For what value of n is |n – 1| +1 equal to 0? В. 1 С. 2 D. There is no such value of n. A. 0
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