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OpenStudy (anonymous):

|x - 5| = 3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x=2,8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x - 5 = 3 or x - 5 = -3. Solve from there.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The trick is to think of absolute value piece-wise

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

man i can't verify that inner product can u go on my question? I will finish up here..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

|x-5|=3 x-5 = 3 or x-5 = -3 since abs value is always positive. Therefore: x = 3 + 5 = 8 x = - 3 +5 = 2

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

That's how everybody was solving it..

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