SOLUTION: |4x-1|-5= -6

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Question 158242: |4x-1|-5= -6
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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abs%284x-1%29-5=+-6

add 5 to both sides:

abs%284x-1%29=+-1

There is no solution because 
absolute values are never 
negative and therefore 
cannot equal -1.

Edwin