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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how many solutions does the equation |3x+7|=-4 have? A.zero B.one C.two D.infinitely many

OpenStudy (anonymous):

get it in simplest form first

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Hope_nicole the answer is a because the answer cant be a negative right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:) yupp!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, there are 2 answers. The answers are -1 and -11/3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Plug those into the equation and you should get -4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is in an absolute value...an absolute value will never give you a negative answer.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea, so there are 2 answers to the equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you were wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how am i wrong? how are you suppose to get something inside of absolute values to equal -4?

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