Question

|2x - 3| = 7

Answer 1

x=5

Answer 2

Hint

\[2x - 3 = \pm 7 \]

Answer 3

That doesnt help me i dont understand how you got 5

Answer 4

x = 5 is only one of the solutions.

Answer 5

i dont know how u got that tho......

Answer 6

Absolute value translates what ever the value is within the absolute value signs to a positive number. This equation can be either x=5 or x =-2. If it is -2, then 2(-2)=-4 and -4-3=-7
That is a negative and absolute value signs change it to a positive, so x can equal -2 or 5