What is the answer to |8y-3|=13 ?

The answer to |8y-3|=13 is y=-5/4 \lor y=2

Solve for y: |8y-3|=13

The solution is y=-5/4 \lor y=2

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∣ 8 y - 3 ∣ = 13

y = - \frac{5}{4} or y = 2

Decimal Notation

y = - 1.25, y = 2

Solution steps

∣ 8 y - 3 ∣ = 13

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

8 y - 3 = - 13 or 8 y - 3 = 13

8 y - 3 = - 13 or 8 y - 3 = 13

y = - \frac{5}{4} or y = 2

2 - ∣ 1 + x ∣ = 0

∣ 3 x - 6 ∣ - 9 = - 3

- 5 ∣ 3 + 3 x ∣ + 6 = - 9

∣ 2 x + 5 ∣ = 9

10 = ∣ 1 - 3 x ∣