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What is the answer to the absolute value equation? |5x-3|=-2
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What is the answer to the absolute value equation? |5x-3|=-2

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Okay so 5x - 3=2 so add 3 to both sides so 5x= 5 and divide both sides by 5 and get x=1 as the answer

Second answer is 5x-3=-2 and add 3 to both sides and get 5x= -5 and divide both sides by 5 and get x=-1

ANSWER: x=1 and x=-1
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Explanation:

An absolute cannot equal a negative number

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