What is the answer to |5x+2|=23 ?

The answer to |5x+2|=23 is x=-5\lor x= 21/5

Solve for x: |5x+2|=23

The solution is x=-5\lor x= 21/5

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∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 23

x = - 5 or x = \frac{21}{5}

Decimal Notation

x = - 5, x = 4.2

Solution steps

∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 23

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 x + 2 = - 23 or 5 x + 2 = 23

5 x + 2 = - 23 or 5 x + 2 = 23

x = - 5 or x = \frac{21}{5}

∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 13

∣ d - 92.955 ∣ = 1.5

∣ 16 + 2 x ∣ = - 32

∣ x + 7 ∣ = \frac{17}{3}

∣ 4 - 2 y ∣ = 4