Question 692356
|-4b-10| divided by 8=3


|-4b-10|=3*8


|-4b-10|=24


-4b-10=24 or -4b-10=-24


-4b=24+10 or -4b=-24+10


-4b=34 or -4b=-14


b=34/(-4) or b=-14/(-4)


b=-17/2 or b=7/2


So the two solutions are b=-17/2 or b=7/2

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