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Re: |x - 2| = 2|x - 2|. Solve for x.

|x - 2| = 2|x - 2|, if x = 2 then |0| = 2|0| => 0 = 0

I solved it like any other equation. Is this wrong?
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Re: |x - 2| = 2|x - 2|. Solve for x.

|x - 2| = 2|x - 2|, if x = 2 then |0| = 2|0| => 0 = 0

I solved it like any other equation. Is this wrong?

There is nothing wrong. But if we have to drive the value of X putting some other value for example 7 won't get us the desired answer. So it's better to decode equation without putting assumed values

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Re: |x - 2| = 2|x - 2|. Solve for x.

|x - 2| = 2|x - 2|, if x = 2 then |0| = 2|0| => 0 = 0

I solved it like any other equation. Is this wrong?

You got x = 2 and should have got the question right. But then you plugged in x and got 0.
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Re: |x - 2| = 2|x - 2|. Solve for x.

|x - 2| = 2|x - 2|, if x = 2 then |0| = 2|0| => 0 = 0

I solved it like any other equation. Is this wrong?

You got x = 2 and should have got the question right. But then you plugged in x and got 0.

Thanks for the reply. I actually got it right. I just wasn't sure wether it is the right approach.

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No value is twice of itself unless it is 0. So, x-2 = 0 => x=2
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|x - 2| = 2|x - 2|. Solve for x.

A. -2
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C. 2
D. 4
E. 6
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