Question

solve.

│x – 5│ = 3

i need help solving this

Answer 1

Hint:

|x-5| = 3

turns into

x-5=3 or x-5 = -3

Answer 2

solve each for x to get your two answers

Answer 3

x = 8 and x = –2

Answer 4

first one is correct

second is not

Answer 5

should it be a positive 2?

Answer 6

yep, visually, if you draw out a number line

Answer 7

|x - 5| = 3

asks the question: which numbers x are 3 units away from the number 5?

The answer is x = 2 or x = 8