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Solve the literal eqaution |-ax-b|=c for x

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According to the given data we have the following equation:

|-ax-b|=c

So, to calculate the value of x we would have to apply the following property:

absolute rule

if |uI=a, a>o, then u=a or u=-a

Therefore, considering the propert above the calculation of would be as follows:

if a<0

-2x-1=-2

-2x=-1

x=1/2

if a>0

-2x-1=2

-2x=3

x=-3/2

The value of x would be 1/2 and -3/2

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