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45 + 4 makes 49 if that counts
X-5= 20
x-5= -20
Absolute value makes a negative positive, so when you are solving x-5 could have been 20 originally or -20 originally. Solve for both.
Let's imagine that we turn the machine on 100 times. (this will make the percent conversion easier)
the chance that works in the morning is 50% of 100 so it will work 50 times.
the chance that it will then continue for the rest of the day is 15% so 15%*50 (the number of times it worked), which is 7.5 times.
our times actually represented percent, so the answer is : 7.5%!
