Question

|-2x - 10| + 4 = 2

Answer 1

|-2x - 10| + 4 = 2

|-2x - 10| = 2 - 4

|-2x - 10| = - 2

Can you think of any number whose absolute value is -2?

Answer 2

What about -2? Is the absolute value of -2 equal to negative 2?

Answer 3

This is the question: |-2x - 10| = - 2

When you take the absolute value of a number, you always end up with a positive number (or zero).

So, there is no value of x that will make -2x - 10 have an absolute value of -2.