SOLUTION: I need the answers to these questions: |(2x+(1/3))x +0.3|=3.5 and |(-2x+(1/3))x+0.3|=3.5
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Question 1020900
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I need the answers to these questions:
|(2x+(1/3))x +0.3|=3.5
and
|(-2x+(1/3))x+0.3|=3.5
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They are somewhat alike, and if you understand how to handle either, you can handle the other.
Distribute.
Maybe easier if clear the fractions denominators...
, not perfectly, but good enough to continue comfortably.
Either the input to the absolute value is non-negative, or it is negative. Solve for each of these two cases.
NON-NEGATIVE
Discrim is
NEGATIVE
Discrim is
These will not be real numbers.
Continue for the non-negative inputs to the absolute value.
You may want to check both values in case one of them does not work in the original equation.