4. Solving Absolute Value Equations
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How many cases do we have after we remove the absolute value?
Solutions: m=4 and m=- 10
Number Line:
An absolute value measures an expression's distance from a midpoint on a number line.
|m+3|= 7
This equation means that the distance is 7, either in the positive direction or the negative direction.
lc m+3 ≥ 0:m+3 = 7 & (I) m+3 < 0:m+3 = - 7 & (II)
(I), (II): LHS-3=RHS-3
Both 4 and - 10 are solutions to the absolute value equation. Let's graph these solutions on a number line.