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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve for x: -3|x + 7| = -12

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it -3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x = 5 over 3 , x = − 19 over 3 x = −3, x = −11 x = −3, x = 11 No solution

OpenStudy (abdullahm):

-3 is one solution.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-3 and 11

OpenStudy (abdullahm):

Plug in 11 into your question. Does that work?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so it is a

OpenStudy (abdullahm):

How can it be a, if one of the solutions is -3 but a doesn't have -3. So it can not be a.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it has to be b

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its the only one that fits

OpenStudy (anonymous):

??

OpenStudy (abdullahm):

Yup :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

OpenStudy (abdullahm):

Logic will always help in answering :)

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