Question

|-4x-8|=4

Answer 1

set this up as 2 equations....remember absolute value

-4x - 8 = 4
and
-4x - 8 = -4

**because they CAN equal both -4 and 4 since the absolute value would change the -4 back to 4

so

-4x - 8 = 4 x = ?
-4x - 8 = -4 x = ?

Answer 2

You can make your life a little simpler!

|-4x-8|=4

|-4(x+2)|=4

|-4||x+2|=4

4|x+2|=4

|x+2| = 1