Hi there,
I hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy!
Let's solve the equation

The first step here is to add 4 on both sides

We're not done yet! So now we need to divide both sides by 2


Now we need to solve for the absolute value
We know either
or 
Therefore, there are two possibilities here.
<h2>Possibility 1</h2>

<h2>Possibility 2</h2>

Thus,
The answer is: x = 4 or x = 
Happy to help! I wish you all the best this semester :)
-Garebear