Absolute Value Equations

What is the first step to solve the following equation?

-2|x + 3| = -10

• Set up 2 equations

  -2(x + 3) = 10

  -2(x + 3) = -10

• Add 2 to both sides

• Subtract 3 from both sides

• Divide by -2 on both sides

• No Solution

What is the FIRST step to solving the equation:

|x + 1| = 4

• Set up 2 equations

  x + 1 = 4

  x + 1 = -4

• Subtract 1 on both sides

• Set up 2 equations:

  x + 1 = 4

  x - 1 = 4

• Add 1 to both sides

When do you set up 2 equations?

|x + 2| + 3 = 4

• That is the first step.

• After you subtract 3 from both sides.

• After you add 2 and 3.

What is the first step to solve the following equation?

|2x - 1| = -5

• Add 1 to both sides

• Set up 2 equations:

  2x - 1 = 5

  2x - 1 = -5

• No Solution

• Divide by 2 on both sides.

Solve for x
l 4x−3 l = 17

• x = 5 and x =-3.5
• x = 0 and x = -5
• x = 10 and x = -10
• No Solution

Solve for x
l x−6 l + 4= 10

• x = 12 and x = 0
• x = 3 and x = -3
• x = -12 and x = 0
• No Solution

Evaluate each expression.
| x + 9 | = -5

• -14
• -4
• {-14, -4}
• no solution

Solve the following equation:

|−2n| - 30 = −20

• {10, −10}

• {20, −20}

• {−5, 5}

• No Solution

8|-2x + 4| = 96

• x = -4, x = 8
• x = -4
• x = -4, x = -8
• x = 4, x = 8

| 3x - 6 | - 9 = -3

• No Solution
• x = 0 and x = 4
• x = 2 and x = -2
• x = -4 and x = 4