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Create an absolute value equation that has one solution. Explain why this equation has one solution.

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An absolute value equation that has one solution can be

|8x| = 0
8x = 0
-8x = 0

x1 = x2 = 0

In this case, the answer for both equations is zero. If otherwise this is a constant, then the two x's have different values then. There are two solutions then otherwise.
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