Question

Solve each absolute value equation or inequality and choose the correct answer from the choices provided.

|x| + 5 = 18

Answer 1

how can you keep x on one side?

Answer 2

Um I don't know.

Answer 3

think do you add something or subtract

Answer 4

I really don't know

Answer 5

|x| + 5 = 18
-5 -5


what do you get?

Answer 6

13

Answer 7

write the whole thing

Answer 8

Is -13 the answer ?

Answer 9

not yet
write the whole thing

Answer 10

I don't get it

Answer 11

|x| + 5 = 18
now write the new one after subtracting the 5

Answer 12

|x| + 0=-13

Answer 13

where did the -13 come from

Answer 14

18-5

Answer 15

18-5=?

Answer 16

13

Answer 17

ok
|x| =13

Answer 18

now can x be positive or negative

Answer 19

So it's positive ?

Answer 20

you have abs value

Answer 21

so it's neither

Answer 22

|x|=|-x| is that true

Answer 23

No

Answer 24

why

Answer 25

because one is negative and the other positive

Answer 26

fact about absolute values
|x|=|-x|=x

Answer 27

So no matter it will always be the same ?