00:02
To solve this absolute value equation, i need to isolate the absolute value first, and then we'll worry about what's inside of there.
00:10
So i need to subtract eight from both sides.
00:14
That's going to give me five absolute value of one -third x minus five -sixths.
00:21
Don't get panicky over those fractions yet.
00:23
We're going to take care of them.
00:25
That equals 25.
00:27
Now i'm going to divide both sides by five.
00:30
So that's going to give me absolute value one third x minus five, six equals five.
00:41
So just like with all our other absent value equations, either what's inside there equals five or what's inside there equals negative five.
01:04
So we need to get the x by itself and i don't want to deal with those fractions.
01:09
So let's go ahead and multiply through by the lowest common denominator everything in our equation to make the fractions go away.
01:20
Lowest common denominator is going to be six...