Basic Absolute Value Equations

Evaluate the expression.
|1 - 5|

• 4

• -4

• -6

• 6

Evaluate the expression.
|-2| + |-5|

• 7

• -7

• 3

• -3

8|-2x + 4| = 96

• x = -4, x = 8

• x = -4

• x = -4, x = -8

• x = 4, x = 8

|v + 8| − 5 = 2 

• {-1,-15}

• {-1,-5}

• {-15,15}

• No Solution

Solve the absolute value equation. 

• {7}

• {-7, 7}

• {0, 7}

• No Solution

• {4, -4}
• {9, -9}
• {5, -9}
• {13, -1}

8 + 3|4x - 6| = 38

• x = 4

• x = -1, x = 4

• x = -1, x = 0

• x = -4, x = 0

Solve |2x –3| + 5 =10.

• -1, 1

• -1, 4

• -1, -4

• 1, 4

Evaluate |b+1|+ 8 if b = -3

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

Solve for x
l 5x l = 40

• x = 8 and x =-8

• x = 35 and x = -35

• Only x = 8

• No Solution