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Step-by-step explanation:

|3x+1| = 8                                             given problem

3x+1  = 8           3x+1 = -8                separate into positive and negative                        

 3x  = 7               3x =-9                     subtract 1 from each side

 x = 7/3                x  = -3                               divide by 3

x = -3, 7/3                                                       solutions

3|2x+5| = 24                                             given problem

|2x+5| = 8                                                    divide each side by 3

2x+5 = 8                2x+5 = -8                 separate into positive and negative

2x = 3                     2x = -13                 subtract 5 from each side

x = 3/2                        x = -13/2             divide by 2

x = -13/2                        x =3/2             solutions

to find the total number of combinations, multiply the quantity of each item by each other:

2 pairs of shoes x 3 pairs of shorts = 6 different combinations.