Question 463715
|3x + 4| + 6 = 13 
|3x + 4| = 7 {subtracted 6 from both sides}
3x + 4 = 7 or 3x + 4 = -7 {set that inside the absolute value equal to ±7}
3x = 3 or 3x = -11 {subtracted 4 from both sides}
x = 1 or x = -11/3 {divided both sides by 3}
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