Answer:
x =
(17/4 = 4.25)
or x =
(-31/4 = -7.75)
Explanation:
| | is notation for absolute value
absolute value - the distance that a number is from 0
> essentially, you can think of absolute value as the "positive version" of whatever is inside of the | |
if we have | x | = 20, we could really have (without the | | ) two versions of x
either | x | = 20 ; or | -x | = 20 has the same value as positive x
we set this up as two equations:
x = 20 or -x = 20
^ {multiply by -1}
x = 20 or x = -20
now, let's plug our understanding into the equation
|4x + 7| - 4 = 20
first, we should simplify our equation to:
|4x + 7| - 4 = 20
+ 4 + 4
|4x + 7| = 24
now, let's separate this absolute value equation into two separate equations:
4x + 7 = 24:
- 7 - 7 {subtract 7 from both sides to isolate x}
4x = 17
÷4 ÷4 {divide both sides by 4 to get 1x}
x=
or,
4x + 7 = -24:
- 7 -7 {subtract 7 from both sides to isolate x}
4x = -31
÷4 ÷4 {divide both sides by 4 to get 1x}
x =
so, we know that
x =
(17/4 = 4.25)
or x =
(-31/4 = -7.75)
hope this helps!!