What is the answer to |5s-3|=8 ?

The answer to |5s-3|=8 is s=-1\lor s= 11/5

Solve for s: |5s-3|=8

The solution is s=-1\lor s= 11/5

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∣ 5 s - 3 ∣ = 8

s = - 1 or s = \frac{11}{5}

Decimal

s = - 1, s = 2.2

Solution steps

∣ 5 s - 3 ∣ = 8

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 s - 3 = - 8 or 5 s - 3 = 8

5 s - 3 = - 8 or 5 s - 3 = 8

s = - 1 or s = \frac{11}{5}

∣ 4 x - 6 ∣ = ∣ x - 2 ∣

∣ 2 x + 1 ∣ = ∣ x + 5 ∣

∣ x - 2 ∣ = ∣ x + 3 ∣

∣ - 2 x ∣ - ∣ - 8 ∣ = 0

∣ x + 4 ∣ - 6 = 2