How do you solve $3|s| = 18$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-27T14:17:51

$s=-6,6$

Absolute value is the distance from a value and 0.
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So,the absolute value is always a positive integer

$3|\s|=18$

$rarr|\3|=18/3=6$

The value is possible because the absolute value is a positive integer

Assume 2 values:

$rarrs=6$

$rarrs=-6$

How do you solve 3|s| = 183|s| = 18?