Absolute Value Inequalities on the ACT

[lhwalker]

Content covered on the ACT is listed here: http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/mathcontent.html

and includes “absolute value inequalities.” However, I do not see “absolute value” and “inequalities” together in any standard. Is this combination somehow implied or did the ACT folks include something not intended for “intermediate algebra?”

[lhwalker]

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I just found the answer to my question on page 39 of Appendix A where the cluster heading “Represent and solve equations and inequalities” is directly linked to specific combinations including absolute value for a Traditional Algebra 2, Unit 1. My confusion stems from A.REI.11, “Explain why the x-coordinates of the points where the graphs of
the equations… I had interpreted that to mean equations only. Indeed, on page 19 of Appendix A, for the traditional Algebra I unit 2, the same cluster and standard seems to limit absolute value to equations.

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