What is the answer to |-8y-4|=6 ?

The answer to |-8y-4|=6 is y=-5/4 \lor y= 1/4

Solve for y: |-8y-4|=6

The solution is y=-5/4 \lor y= 1/4

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∣ - 8 y - 4 ∣ = 6

y = - \frac{5}{4} or y = \frac{1}{4}

Decimal Notation

y = - 1.25, y = 0.25

Solution steps

∣ - 8 y - 4 ∣ = 6

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

- 8 y - 4 = - 6 or - 8 y - 4 = 6

- 8 y - 4 = - 6 or - 8 y - 4 = 6

y = - \frac{5}{4} or y = \frac{1}{4}

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