|x + 2| + 16 = 14

x = −32 and x = −4

x = −4 and x = 0

x = 0 and x = 28

No solution

Question

|x + 2| + 16 = 14

x = −32 and x = −4

x = −4 and x = 0

x = 0 and x = 28

No solution

amistre64 · Answer

you cant negate an absolute value

buttermequeasy · Answer

I know.

myininaya · Answer

$$|something| \neq negative something $$

amistre64 · Answer

|  | = -#  not good

amistre64 · Answer

sites still going slow

myininaya · Answer

so what happens when you subtract 16 on both sides 
don't we have |junk|=negative something?

buttermequeasy · Answer

???

anonymous · Answer

|x+2| +16=14
          -16   -16
|x+2|=-2
x+2=-2
  -2   -2
x=-4
I don't know how you got the second part but that's how i would do the first part

myininaya · Answer

|x+2|=-2 never happens for any input

myininaya · Answer

|something| is either positive or neutral

myininaya · Answer

|something| is never negative

anonymous · Answer

What do you mean?
 you just drop you absolute value and subtract 2 on both sides to cancel out the 2 on the side with the variable.
and only |inside| has to positive..everything outside the |  | can be whatever

myininaya · Answer

we can put anything into | | and the output will either be 0 or positive

myininaya · Answer

| | represents distance

myininaya · Answer

distance is either positive or zero

myininaya · Answer

distance is never negative

anonymous · Answer

| | is called absolute value.. look it up on google.. Are you talking about highschool algebra or college?

myininaya · Answer

absolute value is the distance of some number to 0

myininaya · Answer

|-3|=3
|0|=0
|3|=3
|-141441|=141441

look the outputs are never negative

buttermequeasy · Answer

So the answer is no solution
?

anonymous · Answer

That's what i'm saying.. I didn't put a negative inside the bars i put them on the outside

myininaya · Answer

butter ask yourself can you ever get a negative output for |something|
the answer is no

myininaya · Answer

|junk| is never negative

myininaya · Answer

$$|junk| \neq  negative something $$

anonymous · Answer

I know that... i didn't make |junk| negative it was still positive

buttermequeasy · Answer

I know that an absolute value can never be negative!

myininaya · Answer

then what you know there is no solution

myininaya · Answer

to this equation you have

buttermequeasy · Answer

Okay, thank you. Just making sure.

myininaya · Answer

$$|x+2| \neq -2 $$

anonymous · Answer

see there is no negative
except on the OTHERSIDE of the = sign.. and you can do that..

myininaya · Answer

no you cannot
|junk| is never negative

myininaya · Answer

|x+2|=-2 has no solution

anonymous · Answer

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