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Write a word problem whose solution is 20.
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so |x|=absolute value of x
opposites, I assume, are negative values
when you put something in an absolute value, it makes it positive (accutally it just counts the units)
|24-2*2|-x=0
solve for x
the answer is x=20 of course
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