How do you solve #|x - 3| = 25#?

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Tony B
May 13, 2018

#x= 28 and x=-22#

Explanation:

Given: #|x-3|=25#

This is the same thing as #|+-25|=25#

So we have the two condition of:

#x-3=+25 color(white)("ddd")=>color(white)("ddd")x=+28#
#x-3=-25color(white)("ddd")=>color(white)("ddd")x=-22#

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