Question

Okey hey, hi, hello, all I want to know is how to put this dang thing on the number line but I have searched everywhere and no one can help me !!!!!!!!

Can you ?

Answer 1

Your graph would be correct if the given equation was |x| = 5

This is because |x| describes the distance x is from zero, and asking |x| = 5 means we want to find which values are 5 units away from zero: those two values being 5 and -5.

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However, your teacher gave you instead |x| = -5. The distance cannot be negative, so |x| is never negative. Therefore, |x| = -5 has no solutions

The graph will simply be an empty number line with no points plotted on it.