SOLUTION: |3x+5|=1

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Question 558681: |3x+5|=1
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
First let's set this up as two equations:
3x+5=1 3x+5= -1
Now solve:
x=-4/3 x=-2
Make sense?
RJ
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