i have 6=lx+1l and i know one other meaning of it is x=5 so what are some others or what is the other one???
2007-01-21 08:50:01 · 6 answers · asked by Mae-Day 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
an absolute value changes the number from a positive to a positive or a negative to a negative. in order to solve something that has multiple numbers between the | |, solve for X first then take the absolute value.
x+1 = 6
x=5
x+1=-6
x= -7
you change the 6 into neg 6 for another equation b/c if the inside equation equals neg 6, the absolute value brackets | | will change it into a positive 6
2007-01-21 09:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by kodakphoto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolute value means that the original value is either equal to 6 or equal to -6. |-6|=6. So X=5 will bring you |X+1|=|5+1|=|6|=6. Also, if X+1=-6, then X=-6-1=-7. Therefore |-7+1|=|-6|=6.
2007-01-21 16:57:43 · answer #2 · answered by barmash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The absolute value of a number is 6, so the number must be either 6 or -6.
So 6=x+1 or -6=x+1, now solve for x.
2007-01-21 16:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Maddie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other value of "x" is -7 (negative 7). That's because -7 + 1 = -6 (negative 6). And the absolute value of -6 = 6.
2007-01-21 16:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x = -7 is the other one.
|-7 + 1| = | -6| = 6
2007-01-21 16:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one solution is x=5 and the other is x=-7
Because the absolute value ignores the sign.
so 6 = |6| and 6 = |-6|
2007-01-21 16:53:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋