SOLUTION: |5x+2|-4=-11 it wants two answers but i only get one.. do you do the 11 positive and negative?

SOLUTION: |5x+2|-4=-11 it wants two answers but i only get one.. do you do the 11 positive and negative?

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Question 447044: |5x+2|-4=-11
it wants two answers but i only get one..
do you do the 11 positive and negative?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation |5x+2| - 4 = -11 actually has no solutions. This is because the absolute value would have to be -7, which is impossible.

If you are looking for |5x+2| - 4 = 11, you would set 5x+2 equal to both 7 and -7, and solve for each.
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