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Please help me solve this, I can't get a right answer even though it is easy: | 2x + 4 | = 12
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Please help me solve this, I can't get a right answer even though it is easy: | 2x + 4 | = 12
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Because the left side is eclipsed in an absolute value, we have two possible values of x, denoted by:
2x+4 = 12 and -(2x+4) = 12
Solving for both of these, we are presented with the two values of x:
x = 4 and x = -8
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