What is the answer to |-5y-8|=3 ?

The answer to |-5y-8|=3 is y=-11/5 \lor y=-1

Solve for y: |-5y-8|=3

The solution is y=-11/5 \lor y=-1

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∣ - 5 y - 8 ∣ = 3

y = - \frac{11}{5} or y = - 1

Decimal Notation

y = - 2.2, y = - 1

Solution steps

∣ - 5 y - 8 ∣ = 3

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

- 5 y - 8 = - 3 or - 5 y - 8 = 3

- 5 y - 8 = - 3 or - 5 y - 8 = 3

y = - \frac{11}{5} or y = - 1

∣ 4 b - 5 ∣ = - 19

60 = ∣ 60 - 6 r ∣

∣ x - 3 ∣ = \frac{1}{4}

4 = ∣ s - 2 ∣

- 2 ∣ x - 4 ∣ = - 12