|x| this means absolute value making what ever number in the inside positive UNLESS you have a negative out front. Ex |8|=8. -|8|=-8. |-8|=8
One of the numbers are negative
Remember this... a negative divided by a positive will result in a negative and a negative divided by a negative will result in a positive, the same goes for multiplication
I am looking on the answers, and there is only one case, when a or b or c or d pass: 3|x-3| + 2 = 14. So I assume, that before two is plus. Then:
3|x-3|+2=14 |minus 2
3|x-3|=12 |divide 3
|x-3|=4
From absolute value definition you've got two ways:
x-3=4 or x-3=-4
x=7 or x=-1
And answer d) passes
Idk if this really helps, but I put them into Desmos (free graphing thing) and this popped up