What is the answer to |3x+5|=8 ?

The answer to |3x+5|=8 is x=-13/3 \lor x=1

Solve for x: |3x+5|=8

The solution is x=-13/3 \lor x=1

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∣ 3 x + 5 ∣ = 8

x = - \frac{13}{3} or x = 1

Decimal Notation

x = - 4.33333 \dots, x = 1

Solution steps

∣ 3 x + 5 ∣ = 8

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

3 x + 5 = - 8 or 3 x + 5 = 8

3 x + 5 = - 8 or 3 x + 5 = 8

x = - \frac{13}{3} or x = 1

1.5 d + 3.25 = 1 + 2.25 d

\frac{x}{4} = - 7

x (x - 4) = - 3

\frac{( - 2 ) ^{12}}{( - 2 ) ^{8}}

x^{2} - 24 = - 5 x