Question

What is the answer for |x-8|=|x+10|
And how?

Answer 1

either

x-8 = x + 10 (same as -(x-8) = -(x+10))

18 = 0

Refused solution.

or

x -8 = -(x+10) (consider that -(x-8) = x+10 is equivalent to this)

x - 8 = -x - 10

2x = -2

x = -1

Answer 2

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