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Solve the equation |x – 4| = 4.

User XVargas
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Answer:

x = 0 and 8

Explanation:

|x – 4| = 4 <-- separate it into 2 equations since it's an absolute value and there would be 2 answers (one number as positive and one number as negative)

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x – 4 = 4 <-- postive

+ 4 = + 4

x = 8

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x – 4 = - 4 <-- negative

+ 4 = + 4

x = 0

User Nicholette
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The answer is x = 8,0

hope this helps!

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