What is the answer to |17x-12|=5 ?

The answer to |17x-12|=5 is x= 7/17 \lor x=1

Solve for x: |17x-12|=5

The solution is x= 7/17 \lor x=1

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∣ 17 x - 12 ∣ = 5

x = \frac{7}{17} or x = 1

Decimal Notation

x = 0.41176 \dots, x = 1

Solution steps

∣ 17 x - 12 ∣ = 5

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

17 x - 12 = - 5 or 17 x - 12 = 5

17 x - 12 = - 5 or 17 x - 12 = 5

x = \frac{7}{17} or x = 1

∣ d - 92.95 ∣ = 1.5

\frac{∣ 10 - 3 b ∣}{6} = 1

y, x = ∣ y ∣ + 4

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