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Anastaziya [24]
3 years ago
12

Solve for x: |x| - 8 = - 5

Mathematics
1 answer:
andrew11 [14]3 years ago
8 0

Solution, solve\:for\:x,\:\left|x\right|-8=-5\quad :\quad x=-3\quad \mathrm{or}\quad \:x=3

Steps:

\left|x\right|-8=-5

\mathrm{Add\:}8\mathrm{\:to\:both\:sides}, \left|x\right|-8+8=-5+8

\mathrm{Simplify}, \left|x\right|=3

|f\left(x\right)|=a\quad \Rightarrow \:f\left(x\right)=-a\quad \mathrm{or}\quad \:f\left(x\right)=a, x=-3\quad \mathrm{or}\quad \:x=3

\mathrm{This\:Question\:Has\:2\:Answers}

\mathrm{The\:Correct\:Answer\:is\:x=-3\quad \mathrm{or}\quad \:x=3}

\mathrm{Hope\:This\:Helps!!!}

\mathrm{-Austint1414}

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