Question

2 integers whose absoulute values add to 14

Answer 1

Any two or do you have choices?

Answer 2

Mial: Please do include the instructions that came with this problem, along with possible answer choices (if those are given).

Why not start by choosing two letters, such as x and y, to represent the two unknown integers?

In mathematical symbolism, your "2 integers whose absoulute values add to 14" comes out to |x| + |y| = 14. Alternatively, this equation states that "the absolute value of x, combined with the absolute value of y, produces the sum 14."

You might want to experiment. Supposing that x = -7 and y = 7, would this absolute value equation be true or false? What if x = 7 and y = 7?

Figure out which values of x and y make the equation true.