Solve for x: | x - 2 |
I always get "x-2" but that can't be right, any other suggestions?
Any help is awesome, thanks a bunch!
2007-08-30 10:19:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
TRUST ME, there is no hidden value that I missed, could it be something else? Please, it is an online timed test, any help again is welcome but please hurry!
2007-08-30 10:24:26 · update #1
| x -2 | = 0
No solution as the absolute value of something cannot equal to 0.
2007-08-30 10:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by labelapark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a guess if I remember what I never understood right.. x-2=0 x=2 x-2 is derived from two equations equal to zero and the result is equal to zero. It's an easy answer, I guess they just want you to undersand the principle at this point of it's a general test question. Oops, I think the guy above me is above me.
2007-08-30 17:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by hb12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
| | means absolute value (no matter what the answer comes out to inside the lines the absolute value makes it positive)
2007-08-30 17:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the parenthesis don't mean anything, so you can forget them. if x is the missing part and there is no other number, then it cant be anything. the value is 0, so your answer is 0
2007-08-30 17:43:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
|x-2| is absolute value, therefore google how to solve absolute value equations
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solveabs.htm
hope it helps =]
2007-08-30 17:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has to be an equation in there somewhere, or a value for x.
2007-08-30 17:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by G.V. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋