Asked by Deborah

7. | 3x - 2 | = 8 and | x + 1 | = 1
What value of x satisfies both equations above?

please show your work. I do notunderstand this.

Thank You
Answered by Steve
If |x+1| = 1,
x+1 is either 1 or -1, so
x = 0 or -2

Does either of those values satisfy the other equation?
Answered by Deborah
no they don't..I thought these were easy normally - feeling confused
Answered by Deborah
Steve is it no solution?
Answered by Steve
Did you try the values?

x=0
|3x-2| = |3*0-2| = |-2| = 2

x=-2
|3x-2| = |3(-2)-2| = |-6-2| = |-8| = 8
This is the solution.
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