SOLUTION: |y-(-6)|=9 The answer is 3 or -15. I found 3 but cannot find -15.

Question 207137: |y-(-6)|=9
The answer is 3 or -15. I found 3 but cannot find -15.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Earlsdon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Rewrite as

Break up the absolute value (remember, if you have , then or )

or Set the expression equal to the original value 9 and it's opposite -9.

Now lets focus on the first equation

Subtract 6 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

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Now lets focus on the second equation

Subtract 6 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

So the solutions are: or
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve for y:
First, simplify the expression within the absolute value bars.
Now remove the absolute value bars and write the two equations.
You get two equations because: or
or Subtract 6 from both sides in both equations.
or
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