Finite Math Examples

$| - 8 | x = - 32$

Step 1

Divide each term in $| - 8 | x = - 32$ by $| - 8 |$ .

$\frac{| - 8 | x}{| - 8 |} = \frac{- 32}{| - 8 |}$

Step 2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 2.1

Cancel the common factor of $| - 8 |$ .

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Step 2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{| - 8 | x}{| - 8 |} = \frac{- 32}{| - 8 |}$

Step 2.1.2

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{- 32}{| - 8 |}$

Step 3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.1

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 8$ and $0$ is $8$ .

$x = \frac{- 32}{8}$

Step 3.2

Divide $- 32$ by $8$ .

$x = - 4$