Skip to main content
Solve for x
Tick mark Image
Graph

Similar Problems from Web Search

Share

|x|-5=1
Combine like terms and use the properties of equality to get the variable on one side of the equal sign and the numbers on the other side. Remember to follow the order of operations.
|x|=6
Add 5 to both sides of the equation.
x=6 x=-6
Use the definition of absolute value.