document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1150674>Question 1150674</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for <B>x</B>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-½ |2x + 6| + 2 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What solution(s) will <B><I><U>best</U></I></B> fit equal to this equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<LI>x = 5 or 1</LI><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<LI>x = 5</LI><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<LI>x = -5 or -1</LI><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<LI>x = -1 </LI><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of these guesses will be equivalent to this equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you have two cases to check.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Either <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B3%3E=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B3%3E=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B3%3C0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B3%3C0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check both of those:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve each of them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second of these will not work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore, <BR>\n" );
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