Question

Absolute Value of y=3 (solution or no solution)
Absolute value of n + 2 = 4(solution or no solution)

Answer 1

For the first one, the absolute value of what number will give you 3?

Answer 2

3?

Answer 3

yes. so there is a solution for that equation. agree?

Answer 4

By the way, is there another number, when you take the absolute value of that number, you will get 3?

Answer 5

0?

Answer 6

No, absolute value of 0 is 0.

What is the absolute value of -3?

Answer 7

3?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

okay. Can you help me with a few more problem that i'm stuck on please?

Answer 10

what about your second problem?

Answer 11

Absolute value of n+2 is 4.

Tell me, the absolute value of what number will give you 4?

Answer 12

2

Answer 13

You mean, n = 2?

Answer 14

yes.

Answer 15

correct, when n= 2, you have n+2 = 4

Answer 16

Is there another value of n that will work?

Answer 17

no

Answer 18

I think there is.

Besides 4, what other number can you think of, when you take the absolute value, will give you 4?

Answer 19

I don't know.

Answer 20

what about -4?

Answer 21

ohh yeahh

Answer 22

Isant the absolute value of -4...4?

Answer 23

Isn't*

Answer 24

yes

Answer 25

so take n+2 and set it equal to -4.

and you can solve that equation...and what do you get for n?

Answer 26

4

Answer 27

no...to solve n+ 2 = -4

subtract 2 from both sides, you get n = what?

Answer 28

?

Answer 29

-2

Answer 30

no, -4-2 = -6

Answer 31

okay

Answer 32

so your second equation does have solutions. That answers that question.

Answer 33

so now you have solved your two questions. They both have solutions.

Answer 34

okay. thank you.

Answer 35

welcome.