Write an Absolute Value Inequality That Represents the Verbal Statement $8$

question 42

Multiple Choice

Write an absolute value inequality that represents the verbal statement, The set of all real numbers x whose distance from 0 is less than $8$ .

• A) \(| x | < 8\)
• B) \(| x - 8 | > 0\)
• C) \(| x | > 8\)
• D) \(| x | \leq 8\)
• E) \(| x - 8 | \geq 0\)

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