SOLUTION: 3|3-5r|=-73

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Question 1210419: 3|3-5r|=-73
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 3-5r negative:

NO! That cannot be.
3 is positive.
abs%283-5r%29 is positive.
These two factors can not make the negative number of -73.

Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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3|3-5r|=-73.
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This post is slightly defective, since it does not describe what you want from the tutors.

But if you want to ask us whether this equation has a solution, then the answer is "NO".


This equation has no solution in real numbers,
because its left side is always non-negative for all values of variable 'r',
while the right side is a constant negative number.


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Post-solution notice

        Not only this equation has no solutions in real numbers.

        It has no solutions in complex numbers,  too,  due to the same reason.