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Question 48496: solve the absolute value of | 2/3x-2 | - 7 > 2?
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Question 48961: Solve the absolute value equation:
|5 � 0.1x| =0
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Question 49012: the sum of 3 and a number

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Question 49076: I=prt p=8000 r=0.6 t=1 what is the value of I
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Question 49221: Solve the absolute value equation: | 3 � (3/4)x| = �
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Question 49225: 2=|4+3x| How do i solve problems like this?
|5x+1|<5 How do you isolate x when it is not an equation (<5 not =5)? Also,
what needs to be manipulated to graph this on a horizontal graph?

3+|x-3|=7 How do I solve this algebraically?
Thankyou.
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Question 50090: How do you do this problem:
Find the distance between
3 and -1/4
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Question 50091: 1. |24|-|+21
2. 6(|-5|)+15
3. 6(|-8|)-10
4. 9(|-8|)-17
thank you
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Question 50068: ok. so i have this: negative3 minus 2 in the absolute value bar. Do I make the minus sign a positive. Im confused please answer back!
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Question 50049: 3
-
10
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Question 50171: The sum of two numbers is 90. The second is 10 more than 4 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Question 50529: I do not know how to use absolute values signs on my computer, but here is my question
The absolute value of 3x+5 >-11 the 3x+5 is the only thing in the absolute value
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Question 50597: Please help me solve these absolute value problems.I get confused with fractions.
1) |a-4|=5/3

2)|x/3-1| = |1-x/3|

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Question 50630: please tell me how to solve this problem.
|y-2| = |y+3|
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Question 50739: Can you please help me solve |x-2|= 2x-10
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Question 26954: absolute value of 6x-36/6 is greater than 3
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Question 50626: please help me with this problem.
1) 5=|2x/7 + 4/7| -3
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Question 50939: solve for |x+1|+|x-2|<=2
absolute value of x+1 and absolute value of x-2 is less than or equal to 2
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Question 50940: [6+1/2x]=14;-40, how do i decide whether the given number is a solution of the equation?
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Question 51086: solve the following equations for y:
5x-y=10
x+4y=-8
0.1x+o.5y=3.5
2x=3y+9
5x-6y+12=0
x-2xy=1
I do not understand how i am suppost to solve for y? can you please explain how to solve for y in these problems?
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Question 51096: the home work looks like this but i dont know how to do it at all the teacher explained it but i still dont get it. the questions are like... pr=xp i dont know how to do them..and some of them have numbers..how do you do both times
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Question 51173: 4 + x = 2x

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Question 51293: [4X+9]greater than or equal to -2
I got this question wrong on a test. On the test I put no answer. I don't really understand how to do it.
Thank you for your help.
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Question 51675: HOW DO I DO THIS PROBLEM???? WRITE EACH DECIMAL AS A MIXED FRACTION. REDUCE ALL FRACTIONS 3.05
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Question 50938: solve for |x|+|y|=5
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Question 52808: 9|x-2|=54
My work
9|x-2|=54
-9 -9
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|x-2|= 45
now I'm stumped b/c I don't know what to do next....thanks
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Question 52831: What is the absolute value of this fraction : (6x+2)/(x-1) all set equal to 4?
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Question 52932: Please help me solve
Solving for a
Thank you.
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Question 52902: graph each absolute value equation.

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Question 53135: im looking for the answers of the following problems
im supposed to find the product
1.(-6)(8)
2.(-3)(3)
3.(4)(-7)
4.(2)(-9)
5.(-1)(x)
6.(-4)(15p)
7.(16)(-3a)
8.(5)(-2c)
9.(-2)(-3)(-5)
10.(-10)(-4)(-2)
11.(-4)(x)(12)
12.(-2)(-x)(10)
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Question 53183: -5(7y)
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Question 53360: How would I go about graphing the equation(s):
y= |x-2|
or:
f(x) = |x - 4| + 1?
Would |x-2| stay the same? Or would the - become a + ?
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Question 53360: How would I go about graphing the equation(s):
y= |x-2|
or:
f(x) = |x - 4| + 1?
Would |x-2| stay the same? Or would the - become a + ?
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Question 53416: │-4│∙│-7│- 3│-6│
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Question 53485: |X+1|=3
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Question 53542: Where do I start? 3x+4=12
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Question 53002: complete the square on the parabola 3y=x^2-6x+3
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Question 53939: The absolute value of 2x-5 is less than or equal to 9.
The answer is, x is less than or equal to -2, or x is greather than or equal to 7.

I keep coming up with x is less than or equal to 7

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Question 53936: /5x/=10
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Question 53936: /5x/=10
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Question 53975: what is the additive inverse of 14?
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Question 54089: Solve for X
I think there is more than one answer on this problem.
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Question 54203: please help me solve -5+absolute value of 1/3a = -2

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Question 54181: I have been unable to find any examples of how to solve this type of problem.

How do you solve an the absolute value of and expression w/a variable divided by a number equal a fraction
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