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(Recall, to solve |u| = c, one must solve u = c and u = −c.)
Solve: |3x-1| +2=8

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Answer:

The answer is 5/3, 1 2/3, and 1.67

Explanation:

The answer to this problem is simple as everything between the two lines will come out to be a positive. So the equation will end up coming out to be 3x+1+2=8.

Now we add the 1 and 2....

3x+3=8

To make this problems simple we can subtract the 3 from the left side and do the same on the right side making the equation say...

3x=5

Now we can make it easier to solve but it will not be a whole number. We now divide 3 from the left and right side leaving us with....

x = 5/3

So this answer could be 5/3 , 1 2/3, and 1.67

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