SOLUTION: |11+2x|=5

Question 445580: |11+2x|=5
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|11+2x|=5
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|11+2x|=5
Because we don't know whether (11+2x) is positive or negative, we need to solve x for these two possibilities. So we treat this problem as two separate equations.
11+2x=5
2x=-6
x=-3
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11+2x=-5
2x=-16
x=-8
ans:
x=-3 or -8
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