Question

help x-3 enclosed in lines =8

Answer 1

@bookish610

Answer 2

@freckles

Answer 3

are you trying to type " solve |x-3|=8"
the lines mean absolute value

Answer 4

you want (x-3) to be a distance of 8 from 0
|8|=8
and
so does
|-8|=8

so you want to know when x-3=8 or also when x-3=-8
solve both equations