SOLUTION: solve |b-5/3|=|2b/3-8|

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Question 779107: solve |b-5/3|=|2b/3-8|
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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abs%28b-5%2F3%29=abs%282b%2F3-8%29
b-5%2F3=2b%2F3-8
8-5%2F3=2b%2F3-b
24%2F3-5%2F3=2b%2F3-3b%2F3
%2824-5%29%2F3=%282b-3b%29%2F3
24-5=2b-3b
19=-b
b=-19.......first solution

b-5%2F3=-%282b%2F3-8%29
b-5%2F3=8-2b%2F3
%283b-5%29%2F3=%2824-2b%29%2F3
3b-5=24-2b
3b%2B2b=24%2B5
5b=29
b=29%2F5
b=5.8......second solution

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