Question

solve | 3-2x |=8

Answer 1

2 solutions

Answer 2

it is -5/2

Answer 3

x=−5/2,11/2

Answer 4

\(\bf | 3-2x |=8\implies
\begin{cases}
+(3-2x)=8\\ \quad \\
\bf -(3-2x)=8
\end{cases}\)

Answer 5

how

Answer 6

Gawd!

Answer 7

hmmm there's an assumption you'd know how to simplify a linear equation already, thus the exercise

Answer 8

The absolute value signs and the minus sign: You can think of them as distance. So the question is: For which x(s) are the distance between 3 and 2x equal to 8.

Answer 9

When I wrote x(s), I meant that there possibly could be more than one x, not that x is a function of s...

Answer 10

so how do you solve it

Answer 11

by simplifying the 2 linear equations, and solving for "x"

Answer 12

Yes, use the two equations which jdoe0001 wrote.