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

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

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

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

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∣ 5 x - 3 ∣ = 8

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

Decimal Notation

x = - 1, x = 2.2

Solution steps

∣ 5 x - 3 ∣ = 8

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 x - 3 = - 8 or 5 x - 3 = 8

5 x - 3 = - 8 or 5 x - 3 = 8

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

3 ∣ y + 4 ∣ = 36

∣ 6 y + 18 ∣ = 12

∣ 6 x + 2 ∣ = 5

∣ 4 - 3 x ∣ = - 2

∣ 4 x - 11 ∣ = 8