Question

Use the expression to answer the question
|-4 + x| -12
What is the value of the expression when x=6
A. -2
B. -10
C. 2
D. 10
E. -14

Answer 1

b

Answer 2

How did you solve it?

Answer 3

plug in 6 for x
so | -4 + 6 | -12

what is -4+6 ?
then that minus 12

Answer 4

jigglypuff you forget the absolute value signs, they change the value of 4 from negative to positive

Answer 5

after that the equation is just 4+6-12

Answer 6

so you change -4 to positive then just solve it?

Answer 7

wait scratch that last bit

Answer 8

not quite,
pemdas so you should do -4+6 first then turn it positive

Answer 9

I've been on summer break too long, jigglypuff is right about how to solve it

Answer 10

So its 10 ?

Answer 11

not quite, only whats inside the absolute value signs becomes positive

Answer 12

so it would be 4+6-12?

Answer 13

it would be -4 + 6 = 2
then 2 - 12 = ?

Answer 14

-10

Answer 15

-10 is correct ^_^

Answer 16

thank you :)

Answer 17

glad we could help :)