SOLUTION: |x - 2| + 10 = 12 thanks for your help

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Question 205162: |x - 2| + 10 = 12
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|x - 2| + 10 = 12
subtract 10 from both sides
|x - 2| = 12 - 10
:
|x - 2| = 2
remove the absolutes: two solutions:
x - 2 = 2
x = 2 + 2
x = 4
and
x - 2 = -2
x = -2 + 2
x = 0
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Check both solutions in the original equation