Question

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

Answer 1

what do you know about absolute values...?

Answer 2

Do the opposite of addition for every number.

Answer 3

Step 1: Add -16 to both sides.
|x+2|+16+−16=14+−16
|x+2|=−2
Step 2: Solve Absolute Value.
|x+2|=−2
No solutions. (Absolute value cannot be less than 0.) :)

Answer 4

there you go.. someone always gives the answer

Answer 5

Yeah there's no solutions... iv'e looked everywhere.