document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=825325>Question 825325</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |x+3|-9=2x </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #497213 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39623)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=497213\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the two equations resulting from x+3>=0 and x+3<0.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3>=0 gives you |x+3|-9=x+3-9=2x,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+-6=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3<0 gives you |x+3|-9=-x-3-9=2x,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x-12=2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER:  x=-6 or x=-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That answer is not yet finished, since as stanbon has shown, when you recheck x=-6, the statement is false.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x+3|-9=2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-6+3|-9=2(-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-3|-9=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-9=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6=-12 </SPAN>\n" );
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