Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 11 - Additional Topics - Chapter 11 Test - Page 521: 17

Answer

No solution

Work Step by Step

We can solve this problem by inspection. The absolute value of anything will always be positive. However, the absolute value on the left side of the equal sign is set equal to a negative number. Because an absolute value can never be negative number, we know that there is no solution.
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