Absolute Value Equations Test

The objective when solving an equation is to....

• Combine Like Terms.

• Guess and check.

• Check the solution.

• Isolate the variable.

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

What is the definition of absolute value?

• the distance between 2 numbers

• only positive numbers

• a numbers distance from zero

• both negative and positive numbers

• -14

• -34

• 34

• 14

∣ 2x + 9 ∣ = 15

• x = 3 
• x = 3
  x = -6
• x = 3
  x = -12
• x = 6
  x = -12

|v + 8| − 5 = 2 

• {-1,-15}
• {-1,-5}
• {-15,15}
• No Solution

• x = {6,2}

• No Solution

• x = {6,8}

• x = {8, -8}

• x = {2,-8)

• x = 2

• x = -2

• x={-2,8}

How many solutions does the following equation have?

0 = -6|9v - 7|

• no solution

• one solution

• two solutions

|2a - 10| = 6

• a = 8, a = 5
• a = 2
• a = 8
• a = 8, a = 2