SOLUTION: How do you sove this equation? absolute value (7x-4)-4=-11

Question 222851: How do you sove this equation?
absolute value (7x-4)-4=-11
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, rapaljer:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation

Add 4 to both sides.

Since the equation is never true (note: remember, the absolute value of any number is always positive), there are no solutions to

This means that there are no solutions to the equation
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you mean |7x-4|-4=-11???

If so, add +4 to each side:
|7x-4|= -11+4
|7x-4|= -7

Since an absolute value cannot equal a negative number, there is NO SOLUTION!

R^2

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje
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