SOLUTION: please HELP!! the problem 27x-50 but its in two straight lines i forgot what it means and what you do when you get the answer. can you help. i know that you might not be able to s

Question 181805: please HELP!!
the problem 27x-50 but its in two straight lines i forgot what it means and what you do when you get the answer. can you help. i know that you might not be able to solve this particular problem but you can give me an example to go by that would be a huge help. thanks in advance to who ever answers. thanks again.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, solver91311:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the problem 27x-50 but its in two straight lines i forgot what it means and what you do when you get the answer. can you help. i know that you might not be able to solve this particular problem but you can give me an example to go by that would be a huge help. thanks in advance to who ever answers. thanks again.
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27x-50 is not a problem.
What 2 straight lines?
What are you asked to do?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I suspect your two straight lines mean absolute value, something like this:

Absolute value means:

So for your expression:

So you can say:

That's about all you can do with this. You might want to send us the rest of the problem as I suspect your was set equal to something. And then next time you need "between two straight lines" hold the Shift key and hit the backslash key right above the Enter key -- it gives you this: |

If you are having trouble reading what I wrote, remember means "If p then q" while means "and" as in: "If x is greater than or equal to 50 over 27 then the absolute value of 27x - 50 is equal to 27x - 50 and if x is less than 50 over 27 then the absolute value of 27x - 50 is equal to the additive inverse of 27x - 50."

John

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