SOLUTION: I don't understand this at all. |a+3|=-4

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: I don't understand this at all. |a+3|=-4 This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
neither do I...

absolute values are positive, so there is something wrong with the equation

alternatively, there is NO VALUE for "a" which satisfies the equation