SOLUTION: |1/3x -9| =10 The problem is one-third x - 9 all in absolute value = 10. I don't understand how to even start to solve this problem.

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Question 372161: |1/3x -9| =10
The problem is one-third x - 9 all in absolute value = 10. I don't understand how to even start to solve this problem.

Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|| = 10. This equation is actually two-equations-in-one. It's equivalent to solving the equations = 10 or = -10 . The first: x/3 = 19, or x = 57, after transposition and cross-multiplication. The second: x/3 = -1, or x = -3.
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