Step 1: |x - 5| + 2 = 5
Step 2: |x - 5| = 5 - 2
Step 3: |x - 5| = 3

Question

Step 1: |x - 5| + 2 = 5
Step 2: |x - 5| = 5 - 2
Step 3: |x - 5| = 3

anonymous · Answer

help anyone?

amistre64 · Answer

what absolute values get us to +3 ?

anonymous · Answer

one bigger than five?

anonymous · Answer

well a number bigger than 5?

amistre64 · Answer

|3| = 3  and  |-3| = 3

would you agree?

anonymous · Answer

oh ya

amistre64 · Answer

then the next step is to split the innards:

x-5 = 3   or   x-5 = -3

anonymous · Answer

yes I know that but idk what the next step is to get the answer

amistre64 · Answer

add 5 of course .... algebra doesnt change just becuase you split something into 2 possibilities

anonymous · Answer

ohhh ok so it would be x+5=3 OR x+5=-3?

amistre64 · Answer

not quite, but prolly a mistype

x-5 = 3   or   x-5 = -3

x = 3+5   or   x = -3+5

anonymous · Answer

but why x before the = sign now?

amistre64 · Answer

becuase -5+5 = 0

amistre64 · Answer

your previous steps assumes that you know how to work the sides of an equation

anonymous · Answer

I don't understand?.......

amistre64 · Answer

x-5 = 3,  solve for x


x-5 = -3, solve for x

amistre64 · Answer

adding 5 to both sides gives us what?

anonymous · Answer

7 or 2

amistre64 · Answer

8 or 2, but yeah

amistre64 · Answer

Step 1: |x - 5| + 2 = 5
Step 2: |x - 5| = 5 - 2
Step 3: |x - 5| = 3

step4:  split the innards

            x-5 = 3      or     x-5 = -3

step 5: 

            x-5+5 = 3+5      or     x-5+5 = -3+5