What is the answer to |5x+2|=17 ?

The answer to |5x+2|=17 is x=-19/5 \lor x=3

Solve for x: |5x+2|=17

The solution is x=-19/5 \lor x=3

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∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 17

x = - \frac{19}{5} or x = 3

Decimal Notation

x = - 3.8, x = 3

Solution steps

∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 17

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 x + 2 = - 17 or 5 x + 2 = 17

5 x + 2 = - 17 or 5 x + 2 = 17

x = - \frac{19}{5} or x = 3

∣ 5 x + 2 ∣ = 14

∣ x + 5 ∣ = 2 x - 1

- ∣ t ∣ = 0

2 ∣ x - 1 ∣ + 7 = 13

∣ x - 4 ∣ = x - 2