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Question
Solve.
`|5 + x/ 4| = 5`
Sum
Solution
`|5 + x/ 4| = 5`
`=> 5 + x/ 4 = +- 5`
`=> 5 + x/ 4 = 5 or 5 + x/4 = -5`
`=> x/4 = 5 - 5 or x/4 = -5-5`
`=> x/4 = 0 or x/4 = -10`
`=> x = 0 xx 4 or x = - 10 xx 4` ...[multiplied by 4 on both sides]
`therefore x = 0 or x = - 40`
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Absolute Value of Real Numbers
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