How many cases do you have after you remove the absolute value?
-3 or 3
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An absolute value measures an expression's distance from 0 on a number line.
|x|= 3
This equation means that the distance is 3, either in the positive direction or the negative direction.
|x|= 3 ⇒ lx= 3 x= - 3
Both -3 and 3 are solutions to the absolute value equation.