Question

Help me? |x + 3| = 3

Answer 1

A. {0, 6}
B. {0, -6}
C. {-6, 6}
D. {-6}
These are the choices.
How are you getting that?

Answer 2

Buttt hoooowww

Answer 3

What does absolute value mean?

Answer 4

and -6 +3 = -3 and the absoulute value of -3 is 3

Answer 5

There can be more answers not just 0.

Answer 6

@mconnors please give me the definition of absolute value?

Answer 7

Cuz to find x, you gotta keep it separate from the other regular numbers. So you take away 3(subtract 3) on both sides, which gets u x=0. Also, another form of absolute value of 3 is -3. so u know its -6 that'll give u -3 at the end.

Answer 8

i actually got reported with a warning for giving u the right answer. wtf lmaoo

Answer 9

thank you!
@skullpatrol : the magnitude of a real number without regard to its sign.

Answer 10

OK what does the equation say?

Answer 11

he already got the answer...

Answer 12

|x + 3| = 3

Answer 13

@mconnors whatever number is on the left hand side must be the same as the the number on the right hand side, correct?

Answer 14

Otherwise it is not a true statement.

Answer 15

"=" means have the same value @mconnors

Answer 16

@mconnors are you still there?

Answer 17

|x + 3| = 3

means

x + 3 = 3

-(x+3) = 3 OR simply: x+3 = -3
from there just solve normally.

Answer 18

in a number line from a particular point, x, when three units are added we get three.
since x could either be a positive or a negative, we generally count the units from the right side towards x and left side towards x.

Answer 19

upon understanding the visual representation, follow shamil's explanation to solve algebraically.