document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=791886>Question 791886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could anyone help me please? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many solutions does -5|3x+5|-6=4 have? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The options are  A.an infinite number     B.2     C.1     D.0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I believe the answer is B.2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's say you had the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -5z\ -\ 6\ =\ 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But you were told that the variable <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE z\"> was restricted to non-negative real numbers.  How many solutions would this equation have under that constraint?  If z is positive, the -5z is negative, and adding -6 just makes it more negative.  If z is zero, then -5z equals zero, and the entire left side equals -6, still negative and nowhere near 4.  You can't get there from here, is the message.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE |3x\ +\ 5|\ \geq\ 0\ \forall\ x\ \in\ \mathbb{R}\">, so there is no number that you can substitute for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> that would make <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -5|3x\ +\ 5|\ -\ 6\ =\ 4\"> a true statement.\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" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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