SOLUTION: |2c+5|=21

Question 554746: |2c+5|=21

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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 21 and it's opposite -21

Now lets focus on the first equation

Subtract 5 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by 2 to isolate c

Divide

Now lets focus on the second equation

Subtract 5 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by 2 to isolate c

Divide

So the solutions to are:

or

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Answer by modernfish(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|2c+5|=21
-2 -2
c+3=21
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