What is the answer to |x-12|=24 ?

The answer to |x-12|=24 is x=-12\lor x=36

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|x-12|=24

∣ x - 12 ∣ = 24

x = - 12 or x = 36

Solution steps

∣ x - 12 ∣ = 24

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

x - 12 = - 24 or x - 12 = 24

x - 12 = - 24 or x - 12 = 24

x = - 12 or x = 36

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