document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=445580>Question 445580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |11+2x|=5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "|11+2x|=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because we don't know whether (11+2x) is positive or negative, we need to solve x for these two possibilities. So we treat this problem as two separate equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11+2x=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11+2x=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3 or -8 </SPAN>\n" );
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