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

The answer to |3-2x|=4 is x=-1/2 \lor x= 7/2

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

The solution is x=-1/2 \lor x= 7/2

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∣ 3 - 2 x ∣ = 4

x = - \frac{1}{2} or x = \frac{7}{2}

Decimal Notation

x = - 0.5, x = 3.5

Solution steps

∣ 3 - 2 x ∣ = 4

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

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

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

x = - \frac{1}{2} or x = \frac{7}{2}

∣ x - 10 ∣ = 17

∣ x - 10 ∣ = 12

\frac{1}{2} x + 6 = 2

∣ 3 xx - 2 ∣ = 7

3 ∣ 3 x + 2 ∣ - 8 = - 2