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Question 390245: square root (((x-3)squared ))+4 absolute value (x-3) = 40
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Question 390349: what does it mean when a negative sign is outside the absolute value bars?
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Question 390349: what does it mean when a negative sign is outside the absolute value bars?
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Question 390782: What is the absolute value of |4n-5|=18?
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Question 390782: What is the absolute value of |4n-5|=18?
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Question 391132: −9 l7+ xl −9<−99
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Question 391707: Make this a true statement. -24 - n= 12
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Question 391834: a bucket of chicken wings for $12 each and a chicken dinner for $7 each, 28 were sold and $281 dollars was collected. how many buckets of chicken wings and how many dinners were sold?
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Question 393187: What is absolute value of 54
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Question 393185: what is absolute value -36
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Question 393218: How would you go about solving this equation? |-2x+1| + x = 9
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Question 393414: the absolute value of 3x+1 is greater than or equal to 11
answer in interval notation

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Question 393479: what is the solution to the absolute value equation, 4|n+8|+10=46?
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Question 393562: Pls help find the absolute values for the following equation
2 | x | + 5 < 8

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Question 393849: Add
x to the second power + 10x - 5
x to the second power - 5x + 2
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Question 394100: -5-(3x+9)=-5 (you distribute the negative sign to all the numbers after it)
-5-3x-9=-5 (after, you combine like terms)
-14-3x=-5 (now, you add 14 and 5, but dnt forget to keep both negative signs)
-3x=-19 (divide both numbers by -3)
x=6 1/3 (now this would be your answer)

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Question 394646: Find the absolute value [11/4]
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Question 394652: -3|x+5|=-9
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Question 394724: WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO 0.67=O.1M?
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Question 394721: WhaT IS THE PERCENT DECREASE OF A NOTEBOOK COSTING $1,350 ON SALE FOR $1,200?
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Question 394718: Mark had a board 25 1/2 inches long which he cut into 10 pieces. How long would the board be if it had 17 pieces of the same thickness?
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Question 394995: 9-5|-7|^3
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Question 395106: solve the equation and check your solution |x|=-7
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Question 395105: solve the equation and check your solution |x|=13
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Question 395107: solve the equation and check your solution |3x|=27
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Question 395113: solve the equation and check your solution |6x-1|+5=2
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Question 395112: solve the equation and check your solution |2x-3|=1
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Question 395112: solve the equation and check your solution |2x-3|=1
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Question 395843: I just had a general question.
|-10| + |10| = 20 correct?
If the minus is outside does that mean
-|10| + |10| = 0?
Does that - before make it a negative?
so this means -|10| + -|10| = -20?

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Question 395865: I know that -|10| + |10|=20
what about this |-10 + 10| = does this mean it's 20 or would it be 0?
what about is it's like this -|-10 + 10| =

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Question 395956: Does this have a solution? Why or why not?
6|x|+22=4

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Question 396376: write z is 3 units from 10
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Question 396394: the opposite of the absolute value of the sum negative five and negative three
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Question 396394: the opposite of the absolute value of the sum negative five and negative three
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Question 396612: y = |x-3| - 1
I need to graph this function rule. I don't where to start for a table of values or how to solve.

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Question 398080: 5[2-(-6x-4)]=90x+70 can you solve this please.
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Question 398137: 1. Draw a map (terrain plan) of school
2.Imagaine you have 4 maps in front of you.
Map 1 scale is 1:7000
Map 2 scale is 1:100 000
Map 3 scale is 1:50 000
Map 4 scale is 1:250 000
Each map is printed on the same size piece of paper.
Which one of these maps would represent the largest amount of actual surface area?

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Question 398316: the absolute value of any number is the same as the absolute value of its additive inverse. true or false?
and why or why not?

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Question 398658: I am having a hard time solving this problem:
|5r|+10=15
Can you help?
Thanks

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Question 398780: 10x-9=1
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Question 399070: –|2x – 1| ≥ -3 im lost and confused about the first negative in front of the absolute and was wondering if some one can walk me threw it i do not want the answer just help on finding it
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Question 399069: Hello, my name is Allison and I need help graphing (and solving) this equation: 3x-4y=24
I've tried subtracting 4y from each side of the equation, but that just got me confused.

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Question 399465: |-10|-|-3|+|7|=
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Question 399759: how do you slove them and how do you know if they are a solution or not?
|r-8|=5

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Question 400057: /2x-3/=7
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