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Someone help me with this algebra question 100% correct answer only

Someone help me with this algebra question 100% correct answer only-example-1
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-3|s|=18 divide both sides by -3

|s|=-6

There is no solution as any absolute value is positive. No matter what s is, it is positive and thus cannot equal -6.
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There is no solution.
If you divide both sides by -3 to get the variable isolated, it is
|s| = -6
Absolute value equations cannot equal negative numbers, so there is no solution.