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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone please help me?

OpenStudy (nathan917):

Whats your question. ill try to :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1368211533137:dw| I really mostly need help on what the straight lines mean. Is it just parentheses.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the straight lines are the absolute value of the x+3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

absolute value?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Absolute value means it can't be a negative answer inside. Let me give you an example.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well then there is no answer to my equation is there. the real question is how many solutions there are to the equation and if i can not have a negative value i have no answer right.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That's not true actually. here are the steps to solve it

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