Question

Absolute value equation help! |x-1|=5x+10

Answer 1

\(\large |x-1|=5x+10\implies
\begin{cases}
+(x-1)=5x+10\implies &x=?\\
-(x-1)=5x+10\implies &x=?
\end{cases}\)

Answer 2

\[|x-1|=5x+10\]

means two things

1)

\(x-1=5x+10\)


2)

\(-(x-1)=5x+10\)


Solve both of these to get two answers.