SOLUTION: Please help me with this questions, |5n-6| = 22 This is what I think: 5n-6=22 5n=22+6 5n=28 5n/5 = 28/5 n = 5 3/5 Is this how you go about solving this problem, or

Question 162837: Please help me with this questions,
|5n-6| = 22
This is what I think:
5n-6=22
5n=22+6
5n=28
5n/5 = 28/5
n = 5 3/5
Is this how you go about solving this problem, or am I totally off base???

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, you're not totally off base, perhaps only half off!
Solve for n:
Remove the the absolute-value bars, but note you will get two equations as a result!
or Now you solve these two equations, the first of which you have done correctly.
First one:
Add 6 to both sides.
Divide both sides by 5.

Second one:
Add 6 to both sides.
Divide both sides by 5.

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