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Solve each of the following equations. Show its set on a number line. |4x-4(x+1)|=4

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Solving this equation, we have:


\begin{gathered} |4x-4\mleft(x+1\mright)|=4​ \\ |4x-4x-4|=4 \\ |-4|=4 \\ 4=4 \end{gathered}

Since the final sentence is always true, the solution set is all real numbers.

Showing it in the number line in blue, we have:

Solve each of the following equations. Show its set on a number line. |4x-4(x+1)|=4-example-1
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