document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=704477>Question 704477</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |2y| = |3y+2| + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hi.  I'm still stuck on this problem from last week.  Can you walk me through it step by step?  I get this far:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y = 3y+2+1  or 2y = -3y-2+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     -y = 3  or  5y = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      y = -3 or y = -1/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Neither of these solutions work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance for your help! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #434130 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=lwsshak3><B>lwsshak3(11628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=lwsshak3><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=434130\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Absolute value problems sometimes have no solution because the solutions do not check like those of the given problem. I get the same answers you got: y = -3 or y = -1/5 , but they do not check when plugged back into the equation:|2y| = |3y+2| + 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|2*-3| = |3*-3+2| + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-6|=|-9+2|+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-6|=|-7|+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6&#8800;7+1<BR>\n" );
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