53.0k views
5 votes
How many solutions does the following equation have?

|4x + 12| = 0

No solution
One solution
Two solutions
Infinitely many solutions

User Riga
by
6.8k points

2 Answers

1 vote
Only one solution because
4 needs to be multiplied by a negative number to cancel out the positive 12 so it can equal 0 and the only number that create the opposite of 12 with a 4 is -3.
4(-3) = -12
-12 + 12 = 0
User SKJ
by
7.0k points
7 votes
It is one solution.....
User Ryan Sam
by
6.9k points