SOLUTION: Could you please tell me if I answered this correctly? |x|=-0.8 x=0.8 or x=-0.8

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Question 791841: Could you please tell me if I answered this correctly?
|x|=-0.8
x=0.8 or x=-0.8
Answer by wilft1(217) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
your correct, |x| is absolute value, the value of x can be either positive or negative, but putting |x| around the x makes it a positive