SOLUTION: |2x+1|+8=5

Question 999713: |2x+1|+8=5
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

No solution.
The output of an absolute value function is never negative.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Unworkable. No solution.
Try to isolate the absolute value. What happens?

IMPOSSIBLE. Absolute value is never negative.
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