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|x|=-5 why is there no solution?

|x|=-5 why is there no solution?
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|x|=-5 why is there no solution?

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User Thierry Lathuille
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Absolute value is the distance a number is from zero.

Because distance cannot be negative, an absolute value can never be a negative.

Therefore,

|x| = -5 has no solutions

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