9. Your friend says that the absolute value equation 13x + 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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9. Your friend says that the absolute value equation 13x + 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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no he is not correct beacuse this equation has a solution.

Explanation:

$13x + 81 - 9 = - 5 \\ 13x + 72 = - 5 \\ 13x = - 5 - 72 \\ 13x = - 77 \\ x = (77)/(13) \\ x = 5.92$

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