Science

Math

Humanities

... and beyond

Socratic Meta
Featured Answers

Topics

How do you graph and solve #4 | 3 - z | - 8 = 8#?

1 Answer

Jun 13, 2018

#z=-1# or #z=7#

Draw a line for both #z=-1# and #z=7#

Explanation:

Add 8 to both sides:
#4abs(3-z)=16#

Divide both sides by 4:
#abs(3-z)=4#

#+-(3-z)=4#

#3-z=4# or #z-3=4#

#z=-1# or #z=7#

Related questions

See all questions in Absolute Value Equations

Impact of this question

1675 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License