What is the answer to |-4x-3|=2 ?

The answer to |-4x-3|=2 is x=-5/4 \lor x=-1/4

Solve for x: |-4x-3|=2

The solution is x=-5/4 \lor x=-1/4

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∣ - 4 x - 3 ∣ = 2

x = - \frac{5}{4} or x = - \frac{1}{4}

Decimal Notation

x = - 1.25, x = - 0.25

Solution steps

∣ - 4 x - 3 ∣ = 2

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

- 4 x - 3 = - 2 or - 4 x - 3 = 2

- 4 x - 3 = - 2 or - 4 x - 3 = 2

x = - \frac{5}{4} or x = - \frac{1}{4}

∣ p + 12 ∣ = 37

∣ 10 x ∣ + 10 = 20

∣ 6 - 3 x ∣ = 12

\frac{2 y - 6}{4} = 8

2 - ∣ x - 1 ∣ = 0