SOLUTION: please help me solve -5+absolute value of 1/3a = -2

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Question 54203: please help me solve -5+absolute value of 1/3a = -2
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-5 + | 1/3a | = -2
| 1/3a | = 3
1/3a = 3 and 1/3a = -3
3(1/3)a = 3*3 and 3(1/3)a = 3*-3
a = 9 and -9