Question

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solve for x: |2x+6|-4=20

Answer 1

What happens when you add 4 to each side?

Answer 2

Right, we add 4 to both sides

\[\large |2x + 6| = 24\]

And we break it into 2 equations

\[\large 2x + 6 = 24\]
and
\[\large 2x + 6 = -24\]

Answer 3

|2x+6|-4=20
|2x+6| =24
2x+6 = 24 ; 2x+6=-24
2x = 18 ; 2x = -30
x = 9 ; x = -15

Answer 4

yes just like @johnweldon1993
now we do the equations

2x=18
and
2x=-30
then
x=9
and
x=-15