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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve for x: |x| − 8 = −5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help

OpenStudy (turingtest):

did you get the answer to your last question? because this one is harder, so if you can't do that one, you can't do this one...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yee

OpenStudy (turingtest):

ok, so the only difference here is that you want to isolate |x| first, then do the same thing as the previous problem so just add 8 to both sides, and then do what we did last time :)

OpenStudy (turingtest):

what do yo get after adding 8 to both sides?

OpenStudy (turingtest):

you*

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3

OpenStudy (turingtest):

on the right, yes so what is the whole expression now? (write both sides of the equation)

OpenStudy (turingtest):

...please :)

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