document.write( "Question 771555: can someone please help me solve this problem ablolute value thank you\r
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document.write( "         3|-2x + 4| + 4 = 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 4 from both sides\r\n" );
document.write( "             3|-2x + 4| = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "              |-2x + 4| = \"10%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That would be true whether -2x + 4 = \"10%2F3\" or whether it equals \"-10%2F3\".\r\n" );
document.write( "So we take both cases:\r\n" );
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document.write( "      -2x + 4 = \"10%2F3\"              -2x + 4 = \"-10%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply through by 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -6x + 12 = 10             -6x + 12 = -10\r\n" );
document.write( "          -6x = -2                  -6x = -22\r\n" );
document.write( "            x = \"2%2F6\"                     x = \"22%2F6\"                  \r\n" );
document.write( "            x = \"1%2F3\"                     x = \"11%2F3\"  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Smaller solution = \"1%2F3\", Larger solution = \"11%2F3\"\r\n" );
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