SOLUTION: |3x+6|=9

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Question 649370: |3x+6|=9
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|3x+6|=9

3x+6=9 or 3x+6=-9

3x=9-6 or 3x=-9-6

3x=3 or 3x=-15

x=3/3 or x=-15/3

x=1 or x=-5

So the solutions are x=1 or x=-5