What is the solution set of |x + 3| – 2 = –5?

Do you know that the '|' mean?

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Do you know that the '|' mean?

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Absoulute value

Okay, so do you know what it does to anything that's within them?

If you do, then try considering |x+3| first as a single block and solve for that block first.

Or in other words, make as if it's something like:

X - 2 = -5

Where X represents |x+3|, and solve for X for now.