Solving a multi step absolute value equation

The video tutorial explains how to solve absolute value equations by isolating the absolute value expression, breaking it down into positive and negative solutions, and verifying the solutions. The process involves dividing, distributing negatives, and ensuring the absolute value is isolated. The tutorial emphasizes that both positive and negative solutions yield the same result when substituted back into the equation.

What is the first step in solving an absolute value equation?

• Subtract the absolute value term

• Isolate the absolute value term

• Multiply both sides by zero

• Add terms to both sides

How can absolute value be expressed in terms of equations?

• As two separate equations for positive and negative cases

• As a logarithmic equation

• As a single equation

• As a quadratic equation

What should you do after setting up the equations for both positive and negative cases?

• Add the equations together

• Solve each equation separately

• Ignore the negative case

• Multiply the equations

What is the purpose of substituting solutions back into the original equation?

• To verify the correctness of the solutions

• To find new solutions

• To simplify the equation further

• To eliminate incorrect solutions

What happens if you substitute a solution into both sides of the original equation?

• The solution is verified if both sides are equal

• The equation changes form

• The equation becomes undefined

• The solution is incorrect