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which of the following is the solution to |x|+5≤1?

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Isolating the absolute value term, we find

|x| + 5 ≤ 1 ⇒ |x| ≤ -4

However, the absolute value function maps every number x to a non-negative number, so |x| ≤ -4 is impossible and there is no solution to the inequality.

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