Not necessarily. the absolute value of a number is that number's distance from 0 on a number line. if your taking the absolute value of a negative value, what you stated would be true. however, what if you took the absolute value of a positive number? hope that answers your question.
Let's try to simplify x^2 + 16. It's a sum of two squares:
x^2 + 16 = 0
x^2 = -16
The problem is, we can't take a square root of a negative. This is where imaginary numbers come in.
Remember that square roots have a plus or minus symbol outside:
±√-16 = ±4i
Our two roots are 4i and -4i. Therefore, the trinomial simplifies to:
(x + 4i)(x - 4i)
If we attempt to divide x + 4 by these two binomials, we will find that 4 and 4i are not like terms. Therefore, we can't simplify this expression.
Answer:
500 and 500
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
Equation: x × -2 = y
Solution: y = 12
Step-by-step explanation:
if (x = 2) is (y = -4) then (x = 1) is (y = -2) so if (x = -6) is (y = 12) if we follow the equation [x × -2 = y] which was found using the first set of variables and dividing each by 2.
