Today’s SAT question of the day begins with two numbers, a, and b.  The difference between |a| and |b| is 5.  The answer choices provide four false statements and one potentially true statement.

To look at things a different way, a – b is 5 and neither a nor b can be negative.  This means that a has to be bigger than b, and that a has to be at least 5.  (Test it out: for example, if a was 2, could we subtract any positive number and get 5?  Nope.) Continue reading →