If You Were to Study the Complexity of Friendship Relationships

question 62

Multiple Choice

If you were to study the complexity of friendship relationships, you would expect that the most complex friendships would be seen among people in which of the following age groups?

• A) young adults between ages 20 and 30
• B) young adults between ages 30 and 40
• C) middle-aged adults between ages 40 and 50
• D) middle-aged adults between ages 50 and 60

---

Definitions:

Set Notation

A standardized method of describing or defining a set by clearly specifying its elements or the properties that its members must satisfy.

Absolute Value Inequality

An inequality that involves the absolute value of a variable expression and defines a range of solutions.

Solution

A quantity or array of quantities that solve an equation, inequality, or simultaneous equations.

Absolute Value

The distance of a number from zero on the number line, without considering direction; always a non-negative number.