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How do you solve #abs(x)=2#?

Answer 1

To solve an absolute value problem, you solve the term inside the absolute value for both the negative and positive form of what it is equated to. This is because the absolute value function takes any term, whether positive or negative, and converts it into its positive form.

#x = -2# and #x = 2#

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Answer 2

Savannah Anderson

To solve the equation |x| = 2, you would set up two equations: x = 2 and x = -2. So, the solutions are x = 2 and x = -2.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.