Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
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Chapter 1 - Equations and Inequalities - Test - Page 181: 13

Answer

$-\frac{5}{2}, 1$ .

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Remove the absolute sign to get two cases: $4x+3=7$ and $4x+3=-7$ Step 2. For $4x+3=7$, we have $4x=4$ thus $x=1$ Step 3. For $4x+3=-7$, we have $4x=-10$ thus $x=-\frac{5}{2}$ Step 4. The solutions are $x=-\frac{5}{2}$ and $x=1$ .
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