Question

can someone please help me solve this? Absolute value functions

Answer 1

is -19 the answer?? @Directrix

Answer 2

|-11+8| = |-3| the absolute value would be 3

Answer 3

So, first, what does an absolute value do?

Answer 4

um describes the distance of a number on the number line?

Answer 5

@narissa

is -19 the answer? No.

Answer 6

well, it does, now can a distance be negative?

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

ok, so in general, the absolute value takes whatever is inside and makes it positive.

Answer 9

what is inside is evaluated like any other problem. So for yours, you have |x+8| right?

Answer 10

yes is -11 "x"?

Answer 11

yea, so what is your result of -11+8?

Answer 12

-3

Answer 13

so now, when that goes inside an absolute value, |-3|, what do we get?

Answer 14

positive 3?

Answer 15

yea

Answer 16

you got it :)

Answer 17

ohh so 3 is my answer thanks so much

Answer 18

np