SOLUTION: What is the absolute value of x^2-9=16?

Question 672490: What is the absolute value of x^2-9=16?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
is a quadratic equation.
Maybe you were told to solve it using absolute value or some such thing.
Here is how I would solve that equation:
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That makes the solutions and .

Absolute value is the value of a number or expression, without the sign.
For example, the absolute value of is .
The absolute value of an expression involving a variable usually cannot be found without more information.
For example, I cannot figure out unless I am told some more information about .
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