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

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

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

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

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∣ 3 x - 5 ∣ - 5 = 5

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

Decimal Notation

x = - 1.66666 \dots, x = 5

Solution steps

∣ 3 x - 5 ∣ - 5 = 5

Move

5

to the right side

∣ 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 = - \frac{5}{3} or x = 5

4 x - 3 = ∣ 2 x + 9 ∣

∣ 7 x - 3 x ∣ + 2 = 18

∣ 2 x + 7 ∣ - 6 = 8

4 ∣ w - 2 ∣ = 0

\frac{1}{2} ∣ x + 2 ∣ = 10