What is the answer to |1-5x|=16 ?

The answer to |1-5x|=16 is x=-3\lor x= 17/5

Solve for x: |1-5x|=16

The solution is x=-3\lor x= 17/5

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∣ 1 - 5 x ∣ = 16

x = - 3 or x = \frac{17}{5}

Decimal Notation

x = - 3, x = 3.4

Solution steps

∣ 1 - 5 x ∣ = 16

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

1 - 5 x = - 16 or 1 - 5 x = 16

1 - 5 x = - 16 or 1 - 5 x = 16

x = - 3 or x = \frac{17}{5}

64 = ∣ - 11 w ∣ + 9

24 = ∣ - 4 x + 8 ∣

5 ∣ 10 + 3 x ∣ + 4 = 29

- 5 ∣ 5 x - 1 ∣ - 6 = - 41

∣ 3 x - 1 ∣ + 10 = 25