Question

For which equations below is x = –3 a possible solution? Check all that apply.



|x| = 3


|x| = –3


|–x| = 3


|–x| = –3


–|x| = –3


–|x| = 3

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Do you know what \[|x|\] means?

Answer 3

lol no

Answer 4

hello??

Answer 5

okay, |x| means the absolute value of \(x\), which is just the positive value if it is negative.

|3| = 3
|-3| = 3

if x > 0, |x| = x
if x < 0, |x| = -x

Answer 6

so, let's go through the answer choices

|x| =3 is that true if x = -3?

|x| = -3 is that true if x = -3? No, it is not, because the absolute value is never negative

-|x| = 3 is that true if x = -3? No, same reason. If |x| is positive, -|x| is negative, and there is no negative number equal to 3. For that matter, most positive numbers aren't equal to 3 either :-)

I think you should be able to work out the rest from this.