What is the value of x?

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by Ian Stewart » Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:56 am

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From Statement 1, x must be 5.

From Statement 2, either x-3 = 2, or x-3 = -2, which gives us two different values for x (5 and 1). So the answer is A.
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