Skills Handbook - Absolute Value - Exercises - Page 892: 13

$x=16\text{ or }x=-16$

We start with the given equation: $|x|=16$ We must determine all values $x$ that are $16$ units aways from $0$ on a number line. We find that both $16$ and $-16$ satisfy this condition. Therefore, $x=16\text{ or }x=-16$.