What is the answer to |5x+2|=13 ?

The answer to |5x+2|=13 is x=-3\lor x= 11/5

Solve for x: |5x+2|=13

The solution is x=-3\lor x= 11/5

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∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 13

x = - 3 or x = \frac{11}{5}

Decimal Notation

x = - 3, x = 2.2

Solution steps

∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 13

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 x + 2 = - 13 or 5 x + 2 = 13

5 x + 2 = - 13 or 5 x + 2 = 13

x = - 3 or x = \frac{11}{5}

∣ d - 92.955 ∣ = 1.5

∣ 16 + 2 x ∣ = - 32

∣ x + 7 ∣ = \frac{17}{3}

∣ 4 - 2 y ∣ = 4

10 ∣ - 7 x - 4 ∣ = 40