SOLUTION: Solve the absolute value |x|=-5

SOLUTION: Solve the absolute value |x|=-5

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Question 321701: Solve the absolute value
|x|=-5
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Review the definition of the absolute value function:

So for any real number

,

Hence, no matter what value you allow

to assume,

Therefore the solution set is the empty set.

John

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