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Prove That $|a +b| = |a| +|b|$ if $a$ and $b$ Have Same Signs, And $|a +b| < |a| + |b|$ if $a$ and $b$ Have Opposite Signs (Proved Differently) [duplicate]

My Proof: This problem has mainly four cases, they are as follows: 1) $a, b > 0$ 2) $a, b < 0$ 3) $a > 0 > b$ 4) $a < 0 < b $ Let suppose that the sum of the real numbers $a ...
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Prove That $|a +b| = |a| +|b|$ if $a$ and $b$ Have Same Signs, And $|a +b| < |a| + |b|$ if $a$ and $b$ Have Opposite Signs

My Proof: $|a +b| = |a| +|b|$ ..... $(i)$ $|a +b| < |a| + |b|$ ..... $(i)$ If $'a'$ and $'b'$ have same signs: Let $a$ and $b$ be equal to $-x$. Replacing $a$ and $b$ with $-x$ in the equation ...
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How to find critical points of an absolute values function

I am asked to find How many critical points does the function $g(x) = |x^2 − 4|$ have? I know that the result is $3$ but I can only find $2$. What I do, is to equal the equation to $0$, so $x^2-4=0$ ...
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I can't find a absolute value function that have [-1,1] range

I want a function $f:\mathbb{R}\to[-1,1]$ with absolute value like $f(x)=|a-x|\ldots$ that have $[-1,1]$ range. Can anybody help me?
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Name for $\max(x, \frac 1x)$, $x > 0$? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Multiplicative Identity analog for absolute value In looking for the most extreme scaling, I'm comparing $f(a)$ and $f(b)$ where $f(x) = \max(x, \frac 1x)$, $x > 0$? ...
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Limit with absolute value

I found this limit within the Calculus Single Variable book from Thomas. $$ \lim _{x \to -2^-} (x+3) \frac{|x+2|}{(x+2)}$$ This is how I'm trying: First of all, we need to found where the absolute ...
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Understanding $y=|mx+n|$

The diagram shows the graph of $y=|mx+n|$ (i tried my best to do the same thing as my exercise book, actually 1 is propotional to 1 and 3 is propotional to 3, but 2 is not propotional to 2) Find ...