SOLUTION: how would you solve something like 8-|x+3|=-15

Question 453583: how would you solve something like 8-|x+3|=-15
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how would you solve something like 8-|x+3|=-15
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8-|x+3|=-15
|x+3|=8+15=23
for (x+3)>0
x+3=23
x=20
..
for (x+3)<0
-|x+3|=23
-x-3=23
x=-26
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