SOLUTION: |4x + 2| >= 8
>= I think thats how id put greater than or equal to?
I just need help on how id go about doing the problem.
Where would i start and what would i do?
Ive b
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-> SOLUTION: |4x + 2| >= 8
>= I think thats how id put greater than or equal to?
I just need help on how id go about doing the problem.
Where would i start and what would i do?
Ive b
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Question 150257: |4x + 2| >= 8
>= I think thats how id put greater than or equal to?
I just need help on how id go about doing the problem.
Where would i start and what would i do?
Ive been stuck for about 10 mins.
And keep going in circles with trying to do the problem.
Thanks,
Kerry. Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think about absolute value problems as two separate problems.
The first is the positive solution.
The second is the negative solution.
The absolute value of x is x when x>0 and -x when x<0.
Hence the two solutions.
First let's do the positive solution.
Next, let's do the negative solution. Note the change in sign direction after division by negative number.
That is the solution set. and
