document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971841>Question 971841</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how to solve this? |2x+3|=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Set the equation without brackets = 3, as if they weren't there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then set the negative of it = 3.  The negative in absolute value brackets will be 3 once the brackets are removed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+3=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=0, 1 solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x-3=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solutions\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|3|=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-6+3|=|-3| =3 </SPAN>\n" );
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