What is the answer to |y+16|=34 ?

The answer to |y+16|=34 is y=-50\lor y=18

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|y+16|=34

∣ y + 16 ∣ = 34

y = - 50 or y = 18

Solution steps

∣ y + 16 ∣ = 34

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

y + 16 = - 34 or y + 16 = 34

y + 16 = - 34 or y + 16 = 34

y = - 50 or y = 18

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