Question

Solve |x-1| = 5x+10

Answer 1

|x - 1| = 5x + 10

Two solutions to this because ti is absolute value

x - 1 = 5x + 10
-4x - 1 = 10
-4x = 11
x = -11/4
x = -2.75

And:

x - 1 = -(5x + 10)
x - 1 = -5x - 10
6x - 1 = -10
6x = -9
x = -9/6
x = -1.5


But the first one is not the Solution

Answer 2

@aliceglass20 Oh ok!! Thanks! :) That's what I got, I just couldn't get it to check correctly for some reason :/

Answer 3

My teacher wants us to show our work to check it, and when I tried it came out really weird so I thought I was doing something wrong :/

Answer 4

No Problem:) Glad I could help.