What is the answer to |-7y-3|=11 ?

The answer to |-7y-3|=11 is y=-2\lor y= 8/7

Solve for y: |-7y-3|=11

The solution is y=-2\lor y= 8/7

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∣ - 7 y - 3 ∣ = 11

y = - 2 or y = \frac{8}{7}

Decimal Notation

y = - 2, y = 1.14285 \dots

Solution steps

∣ - 7 y - 3 ∣ = 11

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

- 7 y - 3 = - 11 or - 7 y - 3 = 11

- 7 y - 3 = - 11 or - 7 y - 3 = 11

y = - 2 or y = \frac{8}{7}

∣ 3 x - 8 ∣ - 2 = 6

∣ 8 r + 1 ∣ = 3 r

1 = ∣ g + 3 ∣

∣ 3 x - 1 ∣ = 2 x - 5

- 7 + 8 ∣ - 7 x - 3 ∣ = 73