Question

|2b + 2| = 6
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Answer 1

b is -4

Explanation:

we're given:

|2b + 2| = 6

substituting b for -4 :

|2(-4) + 2| = 6

|-8 + 2| = 6

|-6| = 6

any negative number between absolute value becomes positive.

Hence b is -4