The problem |x|-5=3 is an absolute value equation. to find what x equals you have to get x by itself by adding 5 to each side.
|x|-5=3
+5 +5
|x|=8
|x| is equal to 8, but is also equal to -8 because the absolute value bars mean that anything inside them is turned positive. Check your answer by substituting 8 and -8 in for x.
|8|-5=3?
|-8|-5=3?
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An absolute value may not need a number line to solve. Absolute value means the distance form zero regardless of the sign.
Firstly, we have to look at what the word absolute implies first. Absolute value can be represented as either lxl or abs(x). The word absolute means that for any number or equation it is positive. e.g. l-7l = 7. OR l3l = 3. Back to your question, since u just ask what is an absolute equation, i would not go through how to solve and graph them because its just too complicated at this stage. Absolute equation can be in the form of; lx-3l = 4 l4-xl > l5+xl <=== This is an inequality. lx+3l = l1+2xl
An equation with absolute values instead of simple variables has twice as many solutions as an otherwise identical equation with simple variables, because every absolute value has both a negative and a positive counterpart.
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In excel cell, type =ABS(XXXX). It will return the absolute value of the number or equation you put within the parentheses.