SOLUTION: Please answer this equation: 4 + 3 |5

SOLUTION: Please answer this equation: 4 + 3 |5 - x| = 154

Question 717066: Please answer this equation: 4 + 3 |5 - x| = 154
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First, isolate the absolute value. Subtracting 4:

and divide by 3:

With the absolute value isolated, we now rewrite the equation as two equivalent equations without absolute value. If the absolute value of something is 50 then it must be either a 50 or a -50:
or
With the x out of the absolute value, we can now solve for it. Subtracting 5 in each equation:
or
Dividing (or multiplying) by -1:
or

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