How do you solve 10|x+2|=12?

1 Answer
Aug 22, 2016

This equation has no solutions. See explanation for details.

Explanation:

To solve this equation first we have to move 10 to the right side to leave absolute value alone on the left side.

10|x+2|=12

|x+2|=2

Now we can multiply both sides by 1 to get rid of minus sign in front of absolute value.

|x+2|=2

This equation has no solurions because absolute value of an expression cannot be negative. Hence the original equation does not have any solutions also.