document.write( "Question 620928: |5-m| = |m+8| \r
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document.write( "|5-m| = |m+8|\r\n" );
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document.write( "That becomes two equations without absolute value bars:\r\n" );
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document.write( "   5-m = m+8             5-m = -(m+8)\r\n" );
document.write( "   -2m = 3               5-m = -m-8  \r\n" );
document.write( "     m =             -m+m = -13  \r\n" );
document.write( "     m =                 0 = -13\r\n" );
document.write( "                           this part has no solution\r\n" );
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document.write( " So the only solution is  m = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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