SOLUTION: 6+|r|=3 Am I correct that there is no solution set?

Question 389781: 6+|r|=3
Am I correct that there is no solution set?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are correct.

Here's why:

If you subtract 6 from both sides, you get , but there's a problem: the absolute value of ANY number is ALWAYS nonnegative (ie not negative)

So is NOT possible and therefore, there are no solutions.

So the solution set is the empty set

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