Answer
x = 13 or x = 23
Step-by-step explanation:
|x-18| = 5 means there are two possibilities.
x-18 can equal 5 or equal -5 because absolute value sign makes everything inside it positive.
so you can write two equations and solve
first is x-18 = 5
x-18 + 18 = 5 + 18
x = 23
the second is x - 18 = -5
x - 18 + 18 = -5 + 18
x = 13
The two solutions are 13 and 23.
