Absolute Value Equations 1
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Lesson Description:
Part 1 of how to solve algebraic linear absolute value equations. Explains algebraically and graphically.
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Questions answered by this video:
- How do you solve and check absolute value equations?
- How do you set up an absolute value problem and write two equations?
- Why are there two solutions to absolute value problems?
- How do you get the second answer to an absolute value equation?
- What is the number line definition of absolute value?
- Why are the absolute values of -2 and 2 the same?
- Why can an absolute value not be negative?
- How do you solve |x| = 2?
- How do you solve |x| = 4?
- How do you solve and check |x - 1| = 5?
- What two equations can you make from |stuff| = k?
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Staff Review
This is a very thorough explanation of how absolute value equations work and how to solve / check these problems. The ideas behind how absolute value works are explained in detail. This is a great introductory absolute value equation video. Problems in this lesson start off very simply.
