SOLUTION: Please help soving absolute value equations. Thanks absoute value(4X+2)=6

Question 184133: Please help soving absolute value equations. Thanks
absoute value(4X+2)=6
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation

Break up the absolute value (remember, if you have , then or )

or Set the expression equal to the original value 6 and it's opposite -6

Now lets focus on the first equation

Subtract 2 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by 4 to isolate x

Divide

Now lets focus on the second equation

Subtract 2 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by 4 to isolate x

Divide

So the solutions are: or

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