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OpenStudy (anonymous):

|x|+5=18

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

you want |x| by itself so...subtract 5 from both sides..... you have?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

13

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

right... so you have |x| = 13 what does this mean? x = 13 or x = -13 absolute value...you turn the negative numbers positive

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