SOLUTION: solve: |2w + 4| = 6 wouldn't w = 1 or w = -1 this one seems too simple, or am I right?

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Question 42905: solve:
|2w + 4| = 6
wouldn't w = 1 or w = -1
this one seems too simple, or am I right?
Found 2 solutions by aaaaaaaa, tutorcecilia:
Answer by aaaaaaaa(138)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Be careful! If w = -1, -2 + 4 = 2, not -6. Your second solution would have to be w = -5. Substituting
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Look at .
Replaced w with -5
It becomes .
Look at .
Replace constants in expression: highlight_red%28+2%2A-5+%29,highlight_red%28+4+%29 with highlight_green%28+-6+%29
It becomes .
Look at .
Removed extra sign in front of -6
It becomes .
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Answer by tutorcecilia(2152)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With absolute values you are looking at distances away from zero on the number line. Is the distance to the right (positive) or to the left (negative) of zero? Since we do not know the direction of the distance, we must use two equations. One equation in case the number is to the right of zero. And the other equation in case the number is to the left of zero.
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So the problem is set up as:
2w + 4 = +-(6) (positive and negative 6)
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First, use the positive 6
2w+4=+6
2w=6-4
2w=2
w=1
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Check the answer when w=1:
|2(1) + 4| = 6
|6| = 6
6=6 Therefore this is a true statement
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Second, use the negative 6
2w+4=-6
2w=-6-4
2w=-10
w=-5
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.Checking that w=-5
|2(-5) + 4| = 6
|-10+ 4| = 6
|-6| = 6
6=6 is a true statement, so w=-5

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