document.write( "Question 896466: Solve the following inequality showing your work: |X|=6-X^2 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #543535 by Edwin McCravy(20081) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "We get 3, -3, 2, -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "3 is not a solution\r\n" );
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document.write( "2 is a solution\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2 is a solution\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are only two solutions, 2 and -2.\r\n" );
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