SOLUTION: The absolute value of /X-5/=4 Is the answer 1

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Question 247802: The absolute value of /X-5/=4
Is the answer 1
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Use the definition of absolute value:



Since you don't know whether is positive or negative, you have to say:



Hence:



or



The solution set is the union of the solution sets of the two equations. is one element of your solution set, but there is another element as well.

John
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