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|2x+3|=5 solve for x

User Revoua
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Answer:


x=1 \: \: \: \mathrm{or} \: \: \: x =-4

Explanation:


|2x+3|=5


2x+3=5


2x=2


x=1


2x+3=-5


2x=-8


x=-4

User Xiechao
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Minus 3 on both sides = 2x=2
Divide 2 on both sides = x=1

2x+3= -5
Do the same, but with negative 5.
2x=-8
x=-4

So, x can equal -4 and 1
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