document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=372161>Question 372161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |1/3x -9| =10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is one-third x - 9 all in absolute value = 10. I don't understand how to even start to solve this problem. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #265181 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><B>robertb(5830)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=robertb><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=265181\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29x+-+9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29x+-+9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >| = 10.  This equation is actually two-equations-in-one.  It's equivalent to solving the equations <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29x+-+9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29x+-+9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 10 or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29x+-+9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29x+-+9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = -10 . The first:  x/3 = 19, or x = 57, after transposition and cross-multiplication.  The second: x/3 = -1, or x = -3.   </SPAN>\n" );
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