Wednesday, November 21, 2012

What is x if the identity is true |2-3x|-|2x-3|=0 ?

We'll solve the equation considering 4 cases of
study.


The expressions 2x-3 and 2-3x can be either positive
or negative.


Case 1:


2x-3 =
2-3x


Case 2:


-(2x-3) =
2-3x


Case 3:


2x-3 =
-(2-3x)


Case 4:


-(2x-3) =
-(2-3x)


The Case 2 and Case 3 will have the same solution.
Also Case 1 and Case 4 will have the same solution. So, we'll solve just Case 1 and Case
2:


Case 1:


2x-3 =
2-3x


We'll isolate x to the left
side:


2x + 3x = 3+2


5x =
5


We'll divide by
5:


x =
1


Case
2:


-(2x-3) = 2-3x


We'll remove
the brackets:


-2x +3 =
2-3x


We'll isolate x to the left
side:


-2x + 3x =
2-3


x =
-1


The solutions of the
equation are: {-1 ; 1}.

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