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College Algebra

Unit 1: Lesson 6

Absolute value equations

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Solving absolute value equations

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Understand why an absolute value equation can have from 0 to 2 solutions. Solve absolute value equations with different numbers of solutions. Created by Sal Khan.

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Danny Leary
Posted a month ago. Direct link to Danny Leary's post “At 6:37 Couldn't you divi...”
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Couldn't you divide both sides by -4? -2/-4 = 0.5 Which is a positive value
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Sierra, Emily
Posted 4 months ago. Direct link to Sierra, Emily's post “At 2:40 p.m., why was the...”
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p.m., why was the negative of -|2x+3| turned into |2x+3|?
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