Question 989887
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See the sort of fat key right above your Enter key?  Hold Shift and hit that key and you get a |, which is very handy for making absolute value bars.


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  |5x\ -\ 3|\ +\ 8\ =\ 22]


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  |5x\ -\ 3|\ =\ 14]


So


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5x\ -\ 3\ =\ 14]


Or


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5x\ -\ 3\ =\ -14]


Solve both equations.  Hint:  The solution set has two elements.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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