SOLUTION: I need to write an absolute value equation that has the given solutions of x=8 and x=18. The middle of them is 10. It has to have a two step process in it as well. I am not allowed

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Question 991239: I need to write an absolute value equation that has the given solutions of x=8 and x=18. The middle of them is 10. It has to have a two step process in it as well. I am not allowed to use a graph to show this either.
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I need to write an absolute value equation that has the given solutions of x=8 and x=18. The middle of them is 10. It has to have a two step process in it as well.
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. . . "The middle of them is  10." . . .

Hmm.  I thought the middle is  13 . . .

How about this equation:   |x - 13| = 5 ?