What is the answer to |x|+8=17 ?

The answer to |x|+8=17 is x=-9\lor x=9

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|x|+8=17

∣ x ∣ + 8 = 17

x = - 9 or x = 9

Solution steps

∣ x ∣ + 8 = 17

Move

8

to the right side

∣ x ∣ = 9

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

x = - 9 or x = 9

∣ x + 5 ∣ - 2 = 11

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