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Solve the equation:

\sqrt{(y+2)^(2) } = c

User Steven Sun
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Answer:

Not quite sure what you're meant to solve for, but my solution is below.

Explanation:

The square root of a value squared is the absolute value of that value, because squaring removes all negatives. Therefore:


√((y+2)^2)=c


\mid y+2\mid=c


\mid y\mid =c-2

Hope this helps!

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