Question

Solve: |2t + 5| = 3
{1, 4}

{-1, -4}

{-1, 4}

{1, -4}

Answer 1

{-1, -4}

Answer 2

you need to do 2 problems, 1st using the first part of parenthesis 2(-1)+5 = 3
on the 2nd part, it becomes |2(-4)+5| = |-8+5| = |-3| = 3
the absolute value makes anything inside positive after correct order of operations