9|x-3| = 9
9 is multiplying on the left, then it will divide on the right.
|x - 3| = 9/9
|x - 3| = 1
There are two possibilities
x - 3 = 1 or x - 3 = -1
x = 1 + 3 x = -1 + 3
x = 4 x = 2
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