Question

find the solution set: |2x+1|=7

Answer 1

x=3,-4

Answer 2

2x+1 = 7
or
2x+1 = -7

2x+1 =7
2x = 6
x = 3

2x+1 = -7
2x = -8
x= -4

Answer 3

so 3, -4

Answer 4

I'm sorry, I am awful at math - can you simply explain how to do it?

Answer 5

|x| = a
mean x = a or x = -a
now look at my solution

Answer 6

Ok

Answer 7

I appreciate it, it just takes me a minute to sink in & really understand. Math is a foreign language to me.