Question

Solve: |2t + 5| = 3

Answer 1

you'll need to solve two equations to get the two solutions:

2t + 5 = 3 or 2t + 5 = -3


can you take it from here?

Answer 2

because the | around the equation means absolute value, that means you can have a positive or negative number inside the |
this means you will have two solutions
you can start off by setting this the expresion insite the | to +3 and -3
2t + 5 = 3 2t + 5 = -3