Question 917168
|3x+5| = 1-x


3x+5 = (1-x)  or   3x+5 = -(1-x)


3x+5 = 1-x  or   3x+5 = -1+x


3x = 1-x-5  or   3x = -1+x-5


3x+x = 1-5  or   3x-x = -1-5


4x = -4  or   2x = -6


x = -4/4  or   x = -6/2


x = -1  or   x = -3


The two solutions are <font color="red">x = -1  or   x = -3</font>



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