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Question

|3+x|=8

BTW | is absolute value line

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Answer 1

|3 + x| = 8

 

There are 2 possibilities:

 

(i)

 

3 + x = 8 ⇒ x = 5

 

(ii)

 

3 + x = -8 ⇒ x = -11

 

There are 2 solutions:  x = 5 or -11