Question

Solve for x: |x| − 8 = −5 , how do you solve these type of problems?

Answer 1

there's always two answers instead of one, because instead of just the positive solution you can always use a negative of equal magnitude and the abs will give you the same positive number.

Answer 2

in this case, 3 naturally works: 3 - 8 = -5
however ,-3 works equally well because
of
absolute brackets:
|3| = 3
|-3| = 3

Answer 3

oh woww i see it now

Answer 4

;-)

Answer 5

thanks !

Answer 6

np