How do you solve $abs(10-4x)=2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-19T04:20:44

$x=2$ or $x=3$ .

As $|10-4x|=2$ , we have either $10-4x=2$ i.e. $10-2=4x$ or $4x=8$ and $x=8/4=2$

or $10-4x=-2$ i.e. $10+2=4x$ or $4x=12$ and $x=12/4=3$ .

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