The residuals are the numbers shown next to each black line. Just total them:
15 + 10 + 11-10 +9 +10 +3-17-12 = 19.
The answer is B. 19
The answer is just a=0, you have to cross out the fives
2x + 6 = 4x/2 + 12/2
To solve this, we need to transpose like terms to the same side.
2x - 4x/2 = 12/2 - 6
2x - 2x = 6 - 6
0 = 0
Since both sides are zero, it means that the equation has infinite number of solutions.
|a| = b gives
a =b or a = -b
so,
|-x| = -10
gives
-x = -10 or -x = 10
x = 10, -10
now let us verify,
when x = 10, |-10| = +10 and it is not = -10
so, x= 10 is NOT a solution.
when x = -10, |-(-10)| = |10| = 10 and it is not = -10
so, x= -10 is NOT a solution.
hence, this equation does not have a solution.
If we know that |...| can never be negative, we can directly deduce that this equation does not have any solution.
