2|4x - 6| - 8 = 12 x = -5 & x = 2 x = 5 & x = -2 x = 4 & x = -1 x = -4 & x = 1

First, let's isolate the absolute value:

2|4x - 6| - 8 = 12

2|4x - 6| = 20

|4x - 6| = 10

Now let's open up the absolute values:

4x - 6 = 10

4x - 6 = -10

4x = 16

4x = -4

x = 4

x = -1

Option C.

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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⇒ ⇒

factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

25.3

step-by-step explanation:

1st step

add 3+6

=9

multipy 9*3

=37