1.51136363636 this is your answer
If you would have to graph x=7, you probably know that this is a vertical line at, well, x=7.
| x | = 7 is nothing more than two vertical lines, namely x=7 or x=-7, as you already wrote down.
| x | = -8 has no (real) solutions, so there is nothing to graph.
The answer is 24.5. Just plug the numbers in
