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Why do some absolute value equations have no solution?

Why do some absolute value equations have no solution?
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Why do some absolute value equations have no solution?

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An absolute value is the distance from 0 on a number line so it must be a positive number, and so because of that it is impossible to get or equal -1, this equation has no solution.
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Because both positive and negative values have a positive absolute value.
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