SOLUTION: What is the answer to the absolute value of y-5 is greater than 3

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Question 757436: What is the answer to the absolute value of y-5 is greater than 3
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When absolute value is in the equation, the value of what's inside the | | can be positive or negative.


To solve an abs value equation, solve two equations.


y-5 > 3 and -(y-5) > 3


y-5 >3


y > 8


-(y-5) > 3 (when you divide both sides of an inequality by a negative number, flip the sign.)


y-5 < -3


y < 2


The solution is y<2, y>8

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