SOLUTION: |5x+9|+6=11

Question 776565: |5x+9|+6=11
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|5x+9|+6=11
|5x+9|=5
case one: as is, drop absolute value
5x+9=5
5x=-4
x=-4/5
case two: replace absolute value with regular parentheses and put a negative in front of them
-(5x+9)=5
-5x-9=5
-5x=14
x=-14/5
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