SOLUTION: find all solutions: |x-6|+3=14 thanks a bunch

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Question 51050: find all solutions:
|x-6|+3=14
thanks a bunch
Answer by darq(90) About Me  (Show Source):
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|x-6|+3=14

|x-6|=11

so two answers can be given :) because both |11| and |-11| are equal to 11.

#1 equation:

x-6=11
x=17

#2 equation

x-6=-11
x=-5