solving vector equations involving the L2 (or any other) vector norm

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My question is very simple. How can we solve a vector equation involving the L2 norm, for example.

$$a + 2\frac{x}{\Vert x \Vert _2}=0$$

Even if a write it this way:

$$a + 2\frac{x}{\sqrt{\sum_i x_i^2}}=0$$

where $a$ is a real value vector with same dimension as $x$

I am not able to continue.

Thanks.

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$a$ has to be vector of length $2$, and hence we need $-\frac{a}2$ to be a unit vector.

We have $$\frac{x}{\|x\|_2}=-\frac{a}2$$

Any positive multiple of $-a$ is then a possible solution.