SOLUTION: what is the answer to this equation: |a-3|-14=-6

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Question 338370: what is the answer to this equation: |a-3|-14=-6
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation


Add 14 to both sides.


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

or Set the expression equal to the original value 8 and it's opposite -8




Now lets focus on the first equation


Add 3 to both sides


Combine like terms on the right side







Now lets focus on the second equation



Add 3 to both sides


Combine like terms on the right side





So the solutions to are:

or


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