What is the answer to |5-8x|=11 ?

The answer to |5-8x|=11 is x=-3/4 \lor x=2

Solve for x: |5-8x|=11

The solution is x=-3/4 \lor x=2

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∣ 5 - 8 x ∣ = 11

x = - \frac{3}{4} or x = 2

Decimal

x = - 0.75, x = 2

Solution steps

∣ 5 - 8 x ∣ = 11

Apply absolute rule: If

∣ u ∣ = a, a > 0

then

u = a

u = - a

5 - 8 x = - 11 or 5 - 8 x = 11

5 - 8 x = - 11 or 5 - 8 x = 11

x = - \frac{3}{4} or x = 2

∣ 16 g - 40 ∣ = - 4 ∣ 4 g - 10 ∣

- 5 ∣ 2 w ∣ = - 50

∣ y ∣ + 1 = 9

\frac{1}{2} x - 3 + 2 = 7

∣ x ∣ = - 13.2