document.write( "Question 205162: |x - 2| + 10 = 12
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|x - 2| + 10 = 12
\n" ); document.write( "subtract 10 from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "|x - 2| = 12 - 10
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\n" ); document.write( "|x - 2| = 2
\n" ); document.write( "remove the absolutes: two solutions:
\n" ); document.write( "x - 2 = 2
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2 + 2
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4
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\n" ); document.write( "x - 2 = -2
\n" ); document.write( "x = -2 + 2
\n" ); document.write( "x = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "Check both solutions in the original equation \n" ); document.write( "

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