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OpenStudy (pixiedust1):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes `

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you need to subtract 4 first and start with \[|2a+9|=1\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so \[2a+9=1\\ 2a=-8\\ a=-4\] for one answer, yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

for the other answer \[2a+9=-1\\ 2a=-10\\ a=-5\] looks like you got both

OpenStudy (anonymous):

looks like you got this

myininaya (myininaya):

oooo i got one see if you can solve |y-6|=-2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

weird little bracket thingies are the way math people say "the set of all x such that x is greater than one or x is less than minus three " more terse that way

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