SOLUTION: How to solve |x-3| =5

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Question 559450: How to solve |x-3| =5
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|x-3| = 5

To remove absolute value bars requires two equations:

The first equation comes from just removing the absolte value
bars and then solving the resulting equation.

x - 3 = 5
    x = 8

The second equation comes from removing them, changing the
sign of the number 5 on the right to -5, and then solving the 
resulting equation.
 

x - 3 = -5
    x = -2

So there are TWO solutions:  8 and -2.

Edwin