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Solve –|2x+3|=1 for x it might have more than one answer

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There is no answer.

Logically speaking, absolute value returns an output that is zero or positive.

Rearranging the equation gives:
|2x + 3| = -1

No matter what we substitute, we cannot get a negative number after applying the absolute value.

Therefore, the expression is undefined.
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