document.write( "Question 465131: Why are there no real numbers that satisfy |x| < -1?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #318713 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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Because any number less than -1 is negative, but the absolute value of any real number represented by |x|, is never negative, regardless of what real number x is.
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