The same reason 4 dimes and 4 pennies aren't equal.
To put it into decimal terms, 4/10 is 0.40 (or forty cents), whereas 4/100 is 0.04 (or four cents)
You have the slope and you have two points, so you can use the slope equation to find x.

So your answer is x = 8.
<span> |2x − 5| − 2 = 3
</span><span>1) |2x − 5| = 3 +2
2)</span><span> |2x − 5| = 5
3) 2x-5 = 5, or 2x-5= -5
4)2x=10, or 2x=0
5) x = 5 , or x = 0
Check:
</span> |2x − 5| − 2 = 3
|2*5− 5| − 2 = 3 or |2*0 − 5| − 2 = 3
|5|-2=3 or |-5| -2 =3
3=3 (true) or 3=3 (true)
All steps are correct.
It would be: - 2 - (-10) = 5x - 12
= -2 + 10 = 5x - 12
= 8 + 12 = 5x
= x = 20 / 5
= x = 4