Question

Which of the following are the solutions of the equation?
|p|/5 + 1 = 0

A) p=5
B) p=-5 or 5
C) p=-5
D) no solution

Answer 1

\[\frac{|p|}{5}+1=0 \\ \frac{|p|}{5}=-1 \text{ subtracting -1 on both sides } \\ |p|=-5 \text{ multiplying both sides by 5 }\]
But what do you know about the absolute value function?

Answer 2

Like for example
|5|=5
|-5|=5
|0|=0
|-5235|=5235
You will always get what type of numbers?

Answer 3

an absolute function is |n| and n is +or-

Answer 4

but what about the outputs?

Answer 5

the inputs can be any number

Answer 6

but the outputs can only be?

Answer 7

|5|=5
|-5|=5
|0|=0
|-5235|=5235
|6|=6
|-6|=6
what do you notice about all these outputs?