4. Solving Absolute Value Equations
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Can the absolute value of a number be negative?
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An absolute value measures an expression's distance from a midpoint on a number line. Since distance cannot be negative, the absolute value of a number cannot be negative. |9-5n|≠ -13/4 An absolute value cannot be equal to - 134, so this absolute value equation has no solution. Let's graph this.