What is the answer to |1-5x|=6 ?

The answer to |1-5x|=6 is x=-1\lor x= 7/5

Solve for x: |1-5x|=6

The solution is x=-1\lor x= 7/5

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∣ 1 - 5 x ∣ = 6

x = - 1 or x = \frac{7}{5}

Decimal Notation

x = - 1, x = 1.4

Solution steps

∣ 1 - 5 x ∣ = 6

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

1 - 5 x = - 6 or 1 - 5 x = 6

1 - 5 x = - 6 or 1 - 5 x = 6

x = - 1 or x = \frac{7}{5}

∣ 1 - 3 x ∣ + x = - 3

- 2 ∣ x - 4 ∣ + 6 = - 8

3 ∣ 7 w + 15 ∣ = - 6 w

∣ x - 12 ∣ = - 15

x, ∣ x y ∣ = 1