document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=405078>Question 405078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |z+8|=|z-3|\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is shown in the book as -5/2.  For whatever reason, I just can't figure it out & tie into it!  Maybe it is because I have been too many of them today!  Please help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Case 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z + 8 = z - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 = -3 Not a solution<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "z + 8 = -(z-3) = 3 - z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2z + 8 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2z = -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -5/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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