SOLUTION: |3x + 2 | - 4 when x = — 4. Can you please help me with this. I thought it was 12+2=14-4 which equals 10 but I got it wrong.

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Question 448420: |3x + 2 | - 4 when x = — 4.
Can you please help me with this. I thought it was
12+2=14-4 which equals 10 but I got it wrong.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|3x + 2 | - 4 when x=-4
=|-12+2|-4
=|-10|-4
=10-4
=6
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Ed