Answer:

Explanation:
we are given a absolute value function

we want to figure out the value of a
since we are a point which is on the function we can figure out a by using the point i.e (1,6) this point tell us when x is 1 f(x) is 6 thus
substitute:

absolute value of any integer is positive therefore,

simplify multiplication:

hence,
the value of a is
