What is the answer to |4x-1|=3 ?

The answer to |4x-1|=3 is x=-1/2 \lor x=1

Solve for x: |4x-1|=3

The solution is x=-1/2 \lor x=1

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∣ 4 x - 1 ∣ = 3

x = - \frac{1}{2} or x = 1

Decimal Notation

x = - 0.5, x = 1

Solution steps

∣ 4 x - 1 ∣ = 3

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

4 x - 1 = - 3 or 4 x - 1 = 3

4 x - 1 = - 3 or 4 x - 1 = 3

x = - \frac{1}{2} or x = 1

3 ∣ x - 2 ∣ - 1 = 11

∣ x ∣ + 7 = 9

∣ x ∣ + 7 = 4

∣ 3 x + 1 ∣ = x - 3

x, ∣ x ∣ + 2 = 11