What is the answer to |-3x-5|=10 ?

The answer to |-3x-5|=10 is x=-5\lor x= 5/3

Solve for x: |-3x-5|=10

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

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∣ - 3 x - 5 ∣ = 10

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

Decimal Notation

x = - 5, x = 1.66666 \dots

Solution steps

∣ - 3 x - 5 ∣ = 10

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

- 3 x - 5 = - 10 or - 3 x - 5 = 10

- 3 x - 5 = - 10 or - 3 x - 5 = 10

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

x = ∣ x ∣

∣ 3 x + 9 ∣ = 15

\frac{x}{9} = 1

∣ 1 - x ∣ = 1 - x

∣ 2 q + 5 ∣ = 17