Question

What is the solution set of |x + 3| - 2 = -5?

Answer 1

\[|x+3|=-3\] adding up both sides of the equation by 2

Answer 2

@MilenaSaeger Please do not just give the answer. (Also this is not the right answer)

Answer 3

wouls the answer be no solution?

Answer 4

no you have to solve the absolute fvalue now

Answer 5

@makaylarrrrrr and why did you reach that conclusion?
not saying you are wrong

Answer 6

because I plugged 6 and 0 back into the problem and they weren't equal to -5

Answer 7

Ok @makaylarrrrrr you are right to say no solution
because the absolute value of something would leave you to either a positive or 0 answer
but plugging in any value of x here:
|x+3| would leave you to a positive or 0 answer
so there cannot possibly be a solution to |x+3|=-3

Answer 8

gj @makaylarrrrrr

Answer 9

thank you!

Answer 10

And @MilenaSaeger
plugging in your answers as @makaylarrrrrr did you will see they do not work
what did you say 6 and 0

the equation was |x+3|-2=-5
plug in 6 we get:
|6+3|-2
|9|-2
9-2
7 but 7 is not -5 so x=6 will definitely not work


you also said 0 would work
but when we replace x with 0 we get
|0+3|-2
|3|-2
3-2
1 but 1 is not -5 so x=0 will definitely not work


and again |of some number| will either be positive or zero (and never negative)