SOLUTION: How do you write an absolute value equation that has the solutions x=−6 and x=10?

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Question 1121926: How do you write an absolute value equation that has the solutions x=−6
and x=10?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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|x - 2| = 8. 

Notice that "2" is the midpoint between -6 and 10,  while 8 is the distance from this midpoint to any of endpoints -6 and/or 10.