Help please! If you can include an explanation too, that would be great! Solve For n .... -2 |n+4| =20

Yellow asked Feb 13, 2022

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Help please! If you can include an explanation too, that would be great!

Solve For n ....
-2 |n+4| =20

Yellow asked Feb 13, 2022

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Answer:

An absolute value is always positive, the expression can’t be equal to a negative number.

Explanation:

-2 |n+4| = 20

|n+4| = 20/-2

|n+4| = -10

Alexnavratil answered Feb 18, 2022

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