Precalculus Examples

$| x - 2 | + 7 = 5$

Step 1

Move all terms not containing $| x - 2 |$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $7$ from both sides of the equation.

$| x - 2 | = 5 - 7$

Step 1.2

Subtract $7$ from $5$ .

$| x - 2 | = - 2$

Step 2

There is no value of $x$ that makes the equation be true since an absolute value can never be negative.

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