What is the answer to -3+| b/5 |=-2 ?

The answer to -3+| b/5 |=-2 is b=-5\lor b=5

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-3+| b/5 |=-2

- 3 + \frac{b}{5} = - 2

b = - 5 or b = 5

Solution steps

- 3 + \frac{b}{5} = - 2

Move

3

to the right side

\frac{b}{5} = 1

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

\frac{b}{5} = - 1 or \frac{b}{5} = 1

\frac{b}{5} = - 1 or \frac{b}{5} = 1

b = - 5 or b = 5

∣ y ∣ = ∣ 1 ∣

- 4 = ∣ x + 2 ∣ - 5

∣ x - 4 ∣ - 5 = - 2

0 = - 6 ∣ b ∣

∣ x - 1 ∣ + 3 = 8

What is the answer to -3+| b/5 |=-2 ?
The answer to -3+| b/5 |=-2 is b=-5\lor b=5
Solve for b: -3+| b/5 |=-2
The solution is b=-5\lor b=5