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OpenStudy (anonymous):

−5|x + 1| = 10 My answer is x= −3 and x = 1 Am I right?

hartnn (hartnn):

|...| can never be negative

hartnn (hartnn):

so, NO

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it 0 then?

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

if you divide both sides by -5 you get a negative -2 on RHS as hartnn wrote this is not possible

hartnn (hartnn):

no, that means that equation has NO SOLUTION

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hartnn is correct, there is no possible solution.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok thank you! :)

hartnn (hartnn):

welcome ^_^

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