SOLUTION: Please help solve. Decide which method you should use to solve each absolute value equation or ineguality. Find the solution set. for both these problems /x/-1=4 and /x+4/

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Question 55887: Please help solve. Decide which method you should use to solve each absolute value equation or ineguality. Find the solution set. for both these problems
/x/-1=4
and
/x+4/+1=2

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the solution set. for both these problems
/x/-1=4
|x|=5
x=5 or x=-5
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/x+4/+1=2
|x+4|=1
x+4=1 or x+4=-1
x=-3 or x=-5
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Cheers,
Stan H.