What values of #c# in the equation #|2x+1|=x+c# give exactly two solutions?

1 Answer
Feb 11, 2018

See below.

Explanation:

This problem can be easily solved graphically.

Below we can see in blue the function #y = abs(2x+1)# and in red the function #y = x+c# for #c = 1/2# It is evident that for #c > 1/2# we have two intersections so the answer is #c gt 1/2#

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