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What solution does the equation |4x+7|=-3 have

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Answer: No solutions

The result of an absolute value function is never negative. This is because absolute value represents distance on a number line, and negative distance is not possible. Negative distance doesn't make sense.

So we don't have solutions to something like |x| = -5 or the given equation. The right hand side must be 0 or a positive number if you want to have at least one solution.

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