Question

|x+3|+8=6
Help me solve this problem

Answer 1

x+3+8=6
x=6-8-3
x=-5

Answer 2

x=-5

Answer 3

technically that doesn't work if you put -5 back in...it doesn't work

Answer 4

x=-15?

Answer 5

no wait

Answer 6

|(-5)+3|+8=6
|-2|+8=6
2+8=6
10=6

Answer 7

but those solutions are extraneous...

Answer 8

You get |x+3| = -2 but the absolute value is never negative, so the equation has no solutions.

Answer 9

wait is x = -5

Answer 10

yea that's what i'm trying to say :) it has solutions but those solutions doesn't work

Answer 11

-5+3=-2
-2+8=
6

Answer 12

Which means it doesn't have solutions :D.

Answer 13

hmm?

Answer 14

?

Answer 15

because it has absolute value...you can't just take away the absolute value

Answer 16

Your right the answer is no solution , I was double checking my work to make sure that I was understanding the problem correctly. Thanks for the help.

Answer 17

medal? :D