document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=50597>Question 50597</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534418252/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve these absolute value problems.I get confused with fractions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1) |a-4|=5/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 2)|x/3-1| = |1-x/3|<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|a - 4| = 5/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - 4 = 5/3 and a - 4 = -5/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a - 12 = 5 and 3a - 12 = -5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a = 17 and 3a = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 17/3 = 5 2/3 and a = 7/3 = 2 1/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x/3 - 1| = |1 - x/3|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/3 - 1 = 1 - x/3 and x/3 - 1 = -1 + x/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 3 = 3 - x and x - 3 = -3 + x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 6 and -3 = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "all real values<BR>\n" );
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