SOLUTION: Please help me solve the following multi step inequality aith an absolute value and show the work: [2x+3]-6=11

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Question 852557: Please help me solve the following multi step inequality aith an absolute value and show the work:
[2x+3]-6=11
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That is not an inequality (it has an equals sign, not < or > or <= or >=)

|2x + 3| - 6 = 11
|2x + 3| = 17
2x + 3 = 17 or 2x + 3 = -17
x = 7 or x = -10