Question

Solve for x: −5|x + 1| = 10

Answer 1

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Answer 2

|a|=b implies a=b and a = -b so get it to the form of |a|=b first divide both sides by -5 |x+1|=-2 we can stop here because this is never true.....absolute value of something is always greater than or equal to 0. so there is no solution