What is the answer to |-3x-1|=2 ?

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

Solve for x: |-3x-1|=2

The solution is x=-1\lor x= 1/3

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∣ - 3 x - 1 ∣ = 2

x = - 1 or x = \frac{1}{3}

Decimal Notation

x = - 1, x = 0.33333 \dots

Solution steps

∣ - 3 x - 1 ∣ = 2

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

- 3 x - 1 = - 2 or - 3 x - 1 = 2

- 3 x - 1 = - 2 or - 3 x - 1 = 2

x = - 1 or x = \frac{1}{3}

10 = ∣ n - 2 ∣ + 7

∣ v ∣ - 2 = 7

13 - ∣ x ∣ = 4

∣ 2 x - 3 ∣ = - 4

∣ 7 - 2 r ∣ = 0