SOLUTION: 4!x+3!-2!x+3!=114 ... .... ..... ! is the absolute vaule signs

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Question 513311: 4!x+3!-2!x+3!=114
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Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use | | for absolute value signs (Shift + \). The ! often represents a factorial, or even the word "not" in computer programming. What you really mean is

Since |x+3| is a fixed quantity for some x, we can subtract the LHS.



This implies that either x+3 = 57 or x+3 = -57, or x = 54, -60.