What is the answer to |3x-1|=16 ?

The answer to |3x-1|=16 is x=-5\lor x= 17/3

Solve for x: |3x-1|=16

The solution is x=-5\lor x= 17/3

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∣ 3 x - 1 ∣ = 16

x = - 5 or x = \frac{17}{3}

Decimal Notation

x = - 5, x = 5.66666 \dots

Solution steps

∣ 3 x - 1 ∣ = 16

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

3 x - 1 = - 16 or 3 x - 1 = 16

3 x - 1 = - 16 or 3 x - 1 = 16

x = - 5 or x = \frac{17}{3}

- 7 ∣ - 3 - 3 r ∣ = - 21

x^{2} - 5 = 1

∣ x + 5 ∣ - 1 = - 1

9 ∣ - 2 v + 1 ∣ + 1 = 46

x^{2} + 2 x - 5 = 3