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Solve the equation. |3 − w| = −2
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Solve the equation. |3 − w| = −2

User Ruoho Ruotsi
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the answer is 5 since there are no numbers in front you just subtract 3 from both sides leaving you with -w=-5 and a negative divided by a negative is a positive
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Absolute value represents distance. Distances can't be negative.

So it's impossible to have |3-w| be some negative value.

Which is why
|3-w| = -2 has no solutions
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