SOLUTION: Write an absolute value equation representing the following; then solve the equation Explain why | x - 4 | = -2 has no meaning in relation to the number line

Question 996722: Write an absolute value equation representing the following; then solve the equation
Explain why | x - 4 | = -2 has no meaning in relation to the number line
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have already an absolute value equation written. It is wrong because the meaning of absolute value is distance from zero on the number line - NOT direction from zero on the number line. Distance is fundamentally not a signed number, and so is considered non-negative.
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