What is the answer to |x+1|=0.5 ?

The answer to |x+1|=0.5 is x=-1.5\lor x=-0.5

Solve for x: |x+1|=0.5

The solution is x=-1.5\lor x=-0.5

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∣ x + 1 ∣ = 0.5

x = - 1.5 or x = - 0.5

Solution steps

∣ x + 1 ∣ = 0.5

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

x + 1 = - 0.5 or x + 1 = 0.5

x + 1 = - 0.5 or x + 1 = 0.5

x = - 1.5 or x = - 0.5

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