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A structural engineer is using a monitoring system to track the displacement of a bridge pillar. The variance formula used by the software simplifies to the equation , where is the displacement in centimeters. After isolating the absolute value expression, the engineer arrives at the statement . State the number of solutions for that exist and identify the specific property of absolute value that justifies this answer.
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