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

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

Solve for x: |-8x|=17

The solution is x=-17/8 \lor x= 17/8

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∣ - 8 x ∣ = 17

x = - \frac{17}{8} or x = \frac{17}{8}

Decimal Notation

x = - 2.125, x = 2.125

Solution steps

∣ - 8 x ∣ = 17

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

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

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

x = - \frac{17}{8} or x = \frac{17}{8}

10 ∣ 10 v + 3 ∣ - 5 = 25

x^{2} + 6 x - 8 = ∣ x - 1 ∣ + 3

3 ∣ 2 x - 1 ∣ + 5 = 20

20 - 2 x ∣ + 3 x ∣ = 100

5 + 8 ∣ y + 6 ∣ = 13