SOLUTION: |2-2/3x|=|4+7/8x| What is x?

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Question 916805: |2-2/3x|=|4+7/8x|
What is x?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply both members by 24 to clear the denominators.
I am assuming that each expression inside absolute value functions is linear in x.

|48-16x|=|96+21x|

Either the signs of each expressions value are the same or they are opposite. Solve each of these equations:

and .

The results of each of those should be combined with OR conjuction.

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