document.write( "Question 1127147: |5x|+4=10
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Algebra.Com's Answer #743512 by josgarithmetic(39629)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "|a+1|=|a-8|
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Two very separate equations, not of a system.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"abs%28a%2B1%29=abs%28a-8%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"a%2B1=-a%2B8\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2a=7\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"a=7%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(*)
\n" ); document.write( "\"a%2B1=a-8\"
\n" ); document.write( "no solution here\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The only solution possible is \"a=7%2F2=3%261%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C8%2C-5%2C8%2Cabs%28x%2B1%29%2Cabs%28x-8%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "\"abs%283%261%2F2%2B1%29=abs%283%261%2F2-8%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4%261%2F2=4%261%2F2\"
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