SOLUTION: |x+7|+10=6

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Question 534345: |x+7|+10=6
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Remember, for absolute value equations you must solve two equations:

|x|=y then x=y and x=-y.


|x+7|+10=6 first isolate the absolute value by subtracting 10 from both sides.


|x+7|=-4. Go no further. An absolute value cannot have a negative value. This equation has no solution.