Question

Please help I don't know what I did wrong

Solve for x: |x + 2| + 16 = 14

Answer 1

|x + 2| = 14 - 16 = -2

did you get this?

Answer 2

i got that x = -4 and 0

Answer 3

@cwrw238

Answer 4

thats incorrect
but did you get what i got in my post?

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

x = −32 and x = −4

x = −4 and x = 0

x = 0 and x = 28

No solution
those are the answer choices

Answer 7

do you know what the vertical lines around the x + 2 mean?

Answer 8

yes absolute value

Answer 9

right - and the absolute value is always POSITIVE

for example |- 2| = 2

and we got |x + 2| = -2 which cannot be true

Answer 10

the absolute value cannot be negative

Answer 11

so its no solution

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

ok thank you

Answer 14

yw