Absolute All The Way

Algebra Level 3

x + y = 1 \large |x| + |y| = 1

What is the shape of the above graph?

Notation : | \cdot | denotes the absolute value function .

Circle Triangle Square 2 Straight Lines

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2 solutions

Hana Wehbi
Jul 13, 2016

A square whose vertices are ( 0 , 1 ) ; ( 1 , 0 ) ; ( 1 , 0 ) ; ( 0 , 1 ) (0,1);(1,0);(-1,0);(0,-1) . We can find these vertices by plugging y = 0 y=0 and solving for x x , we get x = + 1 , 1 x=+1,-1 . Similarly, we can plug x = 0 x=0 and solve for y y ; we obtain y = 1 , 1 y=1,-1 .

Michael Fuller
Jul 23, 2016

The graph is a reflection of the line segment x + y = 1 x+y=1 , such that both x x and y y are non negative, into all four quadrants. This forms a quadrilateral.

The line segment forms a right isosceles triangle with the axes, so the angles at each corner of the quadrilateral formed are 9 0 90^{\circ} . Thus it is a Square \large \color{#20A900}{\boxed{\text{Square}}} .

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