SOLUTION: Please help me solve |x-1/5|=3. If you don't know what the lines are, that means absolute value I think.

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Question 832588: Please help me solve |x-1/5|=3. If you don't know what the lines are, that means absolute value I think.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39631)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x-1/5 may be greater than or equal to zero; or it maybe less than zero. Analyze both conditions and solve each separately.

, then ;

, then .

Work through each of those, accordingly.

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