Can anyone help me with this?

Question

X is more than 5 units from m.

Answer 1

So, another way to think about subtraction is how far apart two numbers are, buuuuut we measure distance using positive numbers (why absolute value is always positive).

Because it says "5 units from m" but doesn't say which direction, that's |m - 5|.

|20 - 5| = 15 because they are 15 apart.

|-20 - 5| = 25 because they are 25 apart.

x > |m - 5|

Answer 2

The question, as written, is incomplete but I assume you are asked to write an inequality which expresses the same fact..

Essentially the statement says that x is greater than m + 5.

x > m +5

Hope this helps.

P.S. If I didn't get the question, feel free to send me the complete question. I will help.