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5. Solving Compound Inequalities
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Exercise 36 Page 86

Can an absolute value be negative?

No solution.

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An absolute value represents distance. Therefore, it is always non-negative.

|x|=x and |- x|=x No matter what value you substitute for p, the expression will never be equal to -21. 7|5p-7|≠ - 21 Therefore, this equation has no solution.

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