What is the answer to |8-17x|=9 ?

The answer to |8-17x|=9 is x=-1/17 \lor x=1

Solve for x: |8-17x|=9

The solution is x=-1/17 \lor x=1

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∣ 8 - 17 x ∣ = 9

x = - \frac{1}{17} or x = 1

Decimal Notation

x = - 0.05882 \dots, x = 1

Solution steps

∣ 8 - 17 x ∣ = 9

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

8 - 17 x = - 9 or 8 - 17 x = 9

8 - 17 x = - 9 or 8 - 17 x = 9

x = - \frac{1}{17} or x = 1

∣ 6 m + 1 ∣ + 5 = - 18

∣ 8 x - 48 ∣ = 0

x^{2} + 3 x - 20 = 20

x^{2} - 5 = 5 x + 9

6 ∣ - 4 a - 10 ∣ = 84