How do you solve $abs(12x-1/2)= 6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-10T07:16:12

$x=13/24$ or $x=-11/24$

As $|12x-1/2|=6$ , we have

either $12x-1/2=6$ , which gives us $12x=6+1/2=13/2$ and $x=13/2×1/12=13/24$

or $12x-1/2=-6$ , which gives us $12x=-6+1/2=-11/2$ and $x=-11/2×1/12=-11/24$ .

How do you solve abs(12x-1/2)= 6abs(12x-1/2)= 6?