SOLUTION: |x+5|=3x-7

Question 716216: |x+5|=3x-7
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|x+5|=3x-7
means
x+5=3x-7 or -(x+5)=3x-7
2x=12 4x=2
x=6 x=1/2

clearly x=1/2 is not a solution(why?), but x=6 is a solution

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