SOLUTION: can you please show me how to solve this absolute value equation and inequality? |2x+5|=3x+4

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Question 104312: can you please show me how to solve this absolute value equation and inequality?
|2x+5|=3x+4
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this absolute value equation and inequality?
|2x+5|=3x+4
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2x+5 = 3x+4 or 2x+5 = -(2x+4)
x = 1 or 2x+5 = -2x-4
x = 1 or 4x = -9
x = 1 or x = -9/4
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Cheers,
Stan H.