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UKMT Senior Kangaroo, 2020

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

How many solutions does equation $||x-1|-1|-1|=1$ have? The modulus function $|x|$ evaluates the absolute value of a number; for example $|6| = |-6| = 6$ .

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