SOLUTION: |3x -5|=22 please help solve

Question 163779: |3x -5|=22

please help solve
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given equation

Break up the absolute value (remember, if you have , then or )

or Set the expression equal to the original value 22 and it's opposite -22

Now lets focus on the first equation

Add 5 to both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by 3 to isolate x

Reduce

Now lets focus on the second equation

Add 5 to both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by 3 to isolate x

Divide

So the solutions to are:

and
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