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Solve for yy.\newline0=4y0 = |-4y|\newlineWrite your answers as integers or as proper or improper fractions in simplest form.\newliney=y = _____ or y=y = _____

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Q. Solve for yy.\newline0=4y0 = |-4y|\newlineWrite your answers as integers or as proper or improper fractions in simplest form.\newliney=y = _____ or y=y = _____
  1. Understand absolute value equation: Understand the absolute value equation.\newlineThe equation given is 0=4y0 = |–4y|. The absolute value of any number is always non-negative. Therefore, the only way for the absolute value of something to equal zero is for the inside of the absolute value to be zero.
  2. Set inside equal to zero: Set the inside of the absolute value equal to zero.\newlineSince 4y=0|-4y| = 0, we can say that 4y-4y must equal 00 because that's the only value whose absolute value is 00.
  3. Solve for y: Solve for y.\newlineTo find yy, we divide both sides of the equation 4y=0–4y = 0 by 4–4.\newliney=0/4y = 0 / –4\newliney=0y = 0
  4. Check for second solution: Check for a second solution.\newlineNormally, with absolute value equations, we would check for a second solution by setting the inside of the absolute value equal to the negative of the other side. However, since the other side of the equation is 00, the negative of 00 is still 00. Therefore, there is no second solution in this case.

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