What is the answer to |5-3x|=7 ?

The answer to |5-3x|=7 is x=-2/3 \lor x=4

Solve for x: |5-3x|=7

The solution is x=-2/3 \lor x=4

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∣ 5 - 3 x ∣ = 7

x = - \frac{2}{3} or x = 4

Decimal Notation

x = - 0.66666 \dots, x = 4

Solution steps

∣ 5 - 3 x ∣ = 7

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 - 3 x = - 7 or 5 - 3 x = 7

5 - 3 x = - 7 or 5 - 3 x = 7

x = - \frac{2}{3} or x = 4

∣ x + 1 ∣ = 7

9 - 8 ∣ r - 5 ∣ = 25

2 ∣ x + 5 ∣ = 16

5 - 2 (x^{3}) = 0

∣ 3 + x ∣ = - \frac{1}{2}