Question 102346
|5n-4|=16
5n-4=16 this part is just like a regular equation.
5n=16+4=20
n=4
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5n-4=-16 Why change 16 to -16? because the numbers inside the absolute box are just as likely to equate to -16 as 16.
5n=-16+4=-12
n=-12/5
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Check
for n=4: |5*4-4|=16
for n=-12/5: |(5*-12/5)-4|=|-12-4|=16
Got it?
Ed