SOLUTION: #31. |2x-1|/|3|= 5 **The absolute value is all around 2x-1/3 I tried multiplying everything by 3 to get rid of the fraction and got: |6x-3| = 15 and |6x-3| = -15 I so

Question 158598: #31. |2x-1|/|3|= 5

**The absolute value is all around 2x-1/3
I tried multiplying everything by 3 to get rid of the fraction and got:
|6x-3| = 15 and |6x-3| = -15
I solved the problem like that and got {-2, 3}
The answer shown at the end of the textbook is {-7,8}, but I don't know how they got that answer.

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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