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  • 03-08-2015
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Solve for x: |x| − 8 = −5

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Julik
Julik Julik
  • 03-08-2015
|x| − 8 = −5
|x|  = −5 +8
|x|  =3
x=3
x= -3


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Аноним Аноним
  • 03-08-2015
solve your equation step-by-step.

|x|−8=−5

Add 8 to both sides.

|x|−8+8=−5+8

|x|=3

Solve Absolute Value.

|x|=3

We know either x=3 or x=−3

x=3(Possibility 1)

x=−3(Possibility 2)

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