Question 150248
|-2x-2|=5 
You know |5| = 5 and |-5| = 5
So -2x-2 must be 5 or it must be -5.
Solve:
-2x-2 = 5 or -2x-2 = -5
-2x = 7   or -2x = -3
x = -7/2  or  x = 3/2
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Cheers,
Stan H.