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Solve for y : | y | = 16 .
y= ____ , ____

User Pir Fahim Shah
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y = 16, -16

explanation: the absolute value bars make the expression inside positive, if they were negative to begin with. so, a negative number like -16 becomes 16, and a positive number like 16 still stays the same
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