SOLUTION: How do I solve /x+4/+1=2? For the or, I have: X+4+1-1=-2-1 X+4=-3 X=1 The answer should be -5 but I don't see what I did wrong. Please help Kim

SOLUTION: How do I solve /x+4/+1=2? For the or, I have: X+4+1-1=-2-1 X+4=-3 X=1 The answer should be -5 but I don't see what I did wrong. Please help Kim

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Question 898000: How do I solve /x+4/+1=2?
For the or, I have:
X+4+1-1=-2-1
X+4=-3
X=1
The answer should be -5 but I don't see what I did wrong. Please help
Kim
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|x+4|+1 = 2

|x+4| = 2-1

|x+4| = 1

x+4 = 1 or x+4 = -1

x = 1-4 or x = -1-4

x = -3 or x = -5

The two solutions are x = -3 or x = -5
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