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6ly+1l/6=60/6

|y+1|=10

y+1=10 or y+1=-10

y=9 or -11

1. Divide 6 both sides.

2. Set two equations with 10 and -10 and solve for y.

Ok...

So in this problem the | | (absolute value bars) sort of act like parenthesis...

The only thing is you can't distribute the 6....

6|y+1|=60 so you have to divide by six on both sides

so it would be (6|y+1|)/6=60/6

this equals |y+1|=10

then it would be y+1=+-(plus or minus)10

which makes the problems...

y+1=10 and y+1=-10 (negative 10)

and so you subtract 1 on both sides on both equations

and you get y= 9, -11

Hope this helps you understand this better..

First you have to divide each side by 6, when you divide 6 from the first side the two 6's cancel out (6/6=1), and 60 divided by 6 equals 10. The new problem looks like

Iy+1I = 10

now you can figure out what y could equal, it could equal 9, because 9+1=10, but y could also equal -11, because -11 plus one equals -10, but it is turned into a positive, equaling positive 10. So your answer is y= 9; y= -11

Absolute value. It's really pretty easy.

6|y+1|=60

If you divide each side by 6, you get

|y+1|=10

absolute value problems have two answers, though. In order to find these, you need to right the problem equaling the true answer and it's opposite.

y+1=10;y+1=-10

-1 -1 -1 -1 Subtract one on each side

You get y=9 and y=-11

Once you learn how to do it, its super easy. Just remember, absolute value problems almost always have 2 answers.

l means absolute value, and mesure the distance in the number line from 0

so 6ly+1l=60

first distribute the 6 so

6y+6=60

subtract 6 form both sides

6y=54

then divide by 6 in both sides

y=9

i think you would distribute the 6 into the |'s. then the equation would be

6y+6=60. then you would isolate the variable by subtracting the 6 from both sides. soooo

6y+6=60

-6 -6

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6y=54 next you would get rid of the other 6 by dividin both sides by6so:

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6 6

y=9

6Iy+1I=60

it would basically be 6(y+1)=60

it would be that because the I are absolute value which means distance from 0

6y+6=60

-6=-6

6y=54

6y divided by 6= y and 54 divided by 6= 9

so y=9

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it's the absolute value

y+1 must equal |10| or |-10|

so y+1=-10

or y+1=10

y=-11,9