document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=120695>Question 120695</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need help understanding the fractions in these solving and checking\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|1/3x + 3| = -1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/2 |6 - 2x| = 3x + 1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #88481 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=B-Rod33><B>B-Rod33(7)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=B-Rod33><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=88481\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the first part of the question  |1/3x + 3| = -1 can not be true.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the lines mean the absolute value of 1/3x+3=-1 but since the absolute value is the distance from zero it can not equal a negative number.  Therefore the absolute value of 1/3x+3 can not equal -1 because -1 is negative.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also i don't understand what you need help understanding. </SPAN>\n" );
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