SOLUTION: |3(y -1) - 12| = 0 I got 5 and -5, but that's wrong..

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Question 772282: |3(y -1) - 12| = 0
I got 5 and -5, but that's wrong..
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


You might have had better luck if you had checked your answers.



Let's try 5:









Let's try -5









Let's re-attempt solving from the beginning:



Remove the absolute value bars and put in the RHS:



But is just , so



Which is just a simple linear equation in one variable with a single element in the solution set, namely 5 as we have seen earlier.

John

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