What is the answer to |5x+1|=4 ?

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

Solve for x: |5x+1|=4

The solution is x=-1\lor x= 3/5

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∣ 5 x + 1 ∣ = 4

x = - 1 or x = \frac{3}{5}

Decimal Notation

x = - 1, x = 0.6

Solution steps

∣ 5 x + 1 ∣ = 4

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 x + 1 = - 4 or 5 x + 1 = 4

5 x + 1 = - 4 or 5 x + 1 = 4

x = - 1 or x = \frac{3}{5}

∣ n ∣ = 23

1 = ∣ - 9 s ∣

2 ∣ x - 1 ∣ + 2 = 5

0 = - ∣ x + 6 ∣

∣ 3 x - 9 ∣ + 4 = 3