Can Someone Give Me a bit of Help.? I Have a few Questions on Absolute Value! Thanks ^-^

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Can Someone Give Me a bit of Help.? I Have a few Questions on Absolute Value! Thanks ^-^ <3

anonymous · Answer

i can try, whats up?

anonymous · Answer

Solve for x: −4|x + 5| = −16

 x = 21 over 4, x = −11 over 4

 x = −1, x = 9

 x = −1, x = −9

 No solution

anonymous · Answer

1) divide both sides by $-4$

anonymous · Answer

If I can i have any help at all id greatly apprciate it

anonymous · Answer

and i did i got x+5=-4

anonymous · Answer

2) get rid of the absolute values and solve two separate equations 
$$x+5=4\
x+5=-4$$

anonymous · Answer

divide both sides by -4 then solve for the absolute value. because it is absolute value the answer will be for 4 and -4 of x+5

anonymous · Answer

o satellite is a faster typer lol

anonymous · Answer

im confused /.\

anonymous · Answer

with what part?

anonymous · Answer

$$-4|x+5|=-16\
|x+5|=4$$ so far so good?

anonymous · Answer

yeah

anonymous · Answer

ok 
if you go to solve $|whatever|=p$ for some positive number $p$ you do two things, remove the absolute values
and get two equations
one is $whatever=p$ and the other is $whatever=-p$

anonymous · Answer

wtf is p?

anonymous · Answer

in your case $whatever$ is $x+5$ so to solve 
$$|x+5|=4$$ you write two equations 
$$x+5=4$$ and also$$x+5=-4$$

anonymous · Answer

omfg i hate this /.\ fml fml

anonymous · Answer

in your case $p=4$

anonymous · Answer

p is anything inside the absolute value

anonymous · Answer

$$|x|=3$$ means $x=3$ or $x=-3$
$|x+2|=1$ means $x+2=1$ or $x+2=-1$
$|x+5|=4$ means $x+5=4$ or $x+5=-4$

anonymous · Answer

non of the answers are 3 -_-

anonymous · Answer

basically absolute value is asking u for all of the different accountabilities. for ur case that would mean both the positive and negative outcomes

anonymous · Answer

Solve for x: −4|x + 5| = −16

 x = 21 over 4, x = −11 over 4

 x = −1, x = 9

 x = −1, x = −9

 No solution

anonymous · Answer

um ur equation ends up being x+5=4 and x+5=-4 so x can be either -1 or -9

anonymous · Answer

thanks can you help with a few others?

anonymous · Answer

wait do u understand how i got to that?

anonymous · Answer

No -.-

anonymous · Answer

lol well ok u got the |x+5|=4 part right?

anonymous · Answer

omfg this is stupid af. done fml

anonymous · Answer

kms -.-

anonymous · Answer

im getting frusterated.

anonymous · Answer

hey relax this is not hard. if u understand the concept behind it, it will be better

anonymous · Answer

sadley too much on my mind to relax....

anonymous · Answer

ok well take small steps and once u have a full grasp u can apply to other problems

anonymous · Answer

most math questions are just application of concepts with different numbers

anonymous · Answer

its just not math i have 101 other things on  my mind..

anonymous · Answer

ok well take a deep breath. most things on ur mind u usually can't control. so I am sure u can narrow that list down=)

anonymous · Answer

lol if you only knew how long the list actually was....

anonymous · Answer

ok i understand u have alot on ur mind, but just tackling the small things like concepts can help give u a sense of direction for right now

anonymous · Answer

idk....thanks anyway