SOLUTION: |5x+9|+6=9

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Question 688456: |5x+9|+6=9
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|5x+9|+6=9

|5x+9|=9-6

|5x+9|=3

5x+9=3 or 5x+9=-3

5x=3-9 or 5x=-3-9

5x=-6 or 5x=-12

x=-6/5 or x=-12/5

So the two solutions are x=-6/5 or x=-12/5