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Your friend says that the absolute value equation |3x + 81 - 9 = -5 has no solution because the constant on the right side of the equation is negative. Is your friend correct? Explain.
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Your friend says that the absolute value equation |3x + 81 - 9 = -5 has no solution because the constant

on the right side of the equation is negative. Is your friend correct? Explain.

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Yes. Your friend is correct because anything in an absolute value sign will result as a positive number. even if it is negative. So a positive cant equal a negative.

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