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Please help. | -2x + 3 | = 7 solve for X this is absolute value btw

User Josh Blade
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Explanation: Find all solutions for x by breaking the absolute value into the positive and negative components.

Answer: x = -2, 5

User Hackonteur
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-2x +3=7

-3 -3

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-2x = 4

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-2 -2

x= -2

Hope this helps!

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