document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=321701>Question 321701</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the absolute value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|x|=-5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Review the definition of the absolute value function:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |x|\ =\ \left\{\ \ x\text{ if }x\ \geq\ 0\cr-x\text{ if }x\ <\ \,0\right\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So for any real number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large |x|\ \geq\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, no matter what value you allow <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> to assume, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large |x|\ \neq\ -5\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the solution set is the empty set.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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