What is the answer to |8x+1|=23 ?

The answer to |8x+1|=23 is x=-3\lor x= 11/4

Solve for x: |8x+1|=23

The solution is x=-3\lor x= 11/4

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∣ 8 x + 1 ∣ = 23

x = - 3 or x = \frac{11}{4}

Decimal Notation

x = - 3, x = 2.75

Solution steps

∣ 8 x + 1 ∣ = 23

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

8 x + 1 = - 23 or 8 x + 1 = 23

8 x + 1 = - 23 or 8 x + 1 = 23

x = - 3 or x = \frac{11}{4}

- 40 = - 8 ∣ 505 - s ∣

∣ x + 7 ∣ - 4 = 12

∣ x + 3 ∣ + 1 = 0

∣ n - 4 ∣ + 15 = 10

∣ x - 3 ∣ = x