Difference between revisions of "2000 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 5"

Latest revision as of 17:01, 29 July 2023

The following problem is from both the 2000 AMC 12 #5 and 2000 AMC 10 #9, so both problems redirect to this page.

If $|x - 2| = p$ , where $x < 2$ , then $x - p =$

$\textbf{(A)} \ -2 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 2-2p \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 2p-2 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ |2p-2|$

When $x < 2,$ $x-2$ is negative so $|x - 2| = 2-x = p$ and $x = 2-p$ .

Thus $x-p = (2-p)-p = 2-2p$ . $\boxed{\mathbf{(C)}\ \ensuremath{2-2p}}$

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2000 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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 Thus <math>x-p = (2-p)-p = 2-2p</math>.
-<math>\boxed{(C) \ensuremath{2-2p}}</math>
+<math>\boxed{\mathbf{(C)}\ \ensuremath{2-2p}}</math>
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