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Solve for nn.\newline0=n80 = |n - 8|\newlineWrite your answers as integers or as proper or improper fractions in simplest form.\newlinen=n = _____ or n=n = _____

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Q. Solve for nn.\newline0=n80 = |n - 8|\newlineWrite your answers as integers or as proper or improper fractions in simplest form.\newlinen=n = _____ or n=n = _____
  1. Understand absolute value equation: Understand the absolute value equation.\newlineThe equation 0=n80 = |n - 8| means that the absolute value of (n8)(n - 8) is 00. The absolute value of a number is the distance of that number from 00 on the number line, which means it is always non-negative. The only number whose absolute value is 00 is 00 itself. Therefore, n8n - 8 must be equal to 00.
  2. Solve equation n8=0n - 8 = 0: Solve the equation n8=0n − 8 = 0.\newlineTo find the value of nn, we add 88 to both sides of the equation.\newlinen8+8=0+8n − 8 + 8 = 0 + 8\newlinen=8n = 8
  3. Check for second solution: Check for a second solution.\newlineSince the absolute value of a number can be positive or negative, we also consider the equation n8=0n - 8 = -0. However, 0-0 is the same as 00, so this does not provide a different solution. Therefore, there is only one solution to the equation.\newlinen=8n = 8

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