SOLUTION: |x-3|-1=4

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Question 691227: |x-3|-1=4
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|x-3|-1 = 4
Add 1 to both sides
|x-3| = 5
Two solution
x - 3 = 5
x = 5 + 3
x = 8
and
x - 3 = -5
x = -5 + 3
x = -2
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