SOLUTION: Professor I'm doing solving absolute value equations. And I know u have to do the property of a negative to the other problem but this problem already has a negative. I hope I mak

Question 647674: Professor I'm doing solving absolute value equations. And I know u have to do the property of a negative to the other problem but this problem already has a negative. I hope I make sense. The equation is: /5x-2/ = -7 ...since 7 is a negative, after solving this my answer should be just (-1) correct? Thank you!
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

|5x-2| = -7

This has no solution because an absolute value is NEVER equal to 
a negative number.

Edwin

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