4. Solving Absolute Value Equations
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How many cases do we have after we remove the absolute value?
Solutions: q=22 and q=- 6
Number Line:
An absolute value measures an expression's distance from a midpoint on a number line.
|q-8|= 14
This equation means that the distance is 14, either in the positive direction or the negative direction.
lc q-8 ≥ 0:q-8 = 14 & (I) q-8 < 0:q-8 = - 14 & (II)
(I), (II): LHS+8=RHS+8
Both 22 and - 6 are solutions to the absolute value equation. Let's graph these solutions on a number line.