Solve |x + 4| = -2

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Question: solve |x + 4| = −2.

|x + 4| = −2

The bars give how far from 0.

A distance is never negative.

So −2 is impossible.

There is no solution.

| | is never negative

|x + 4| = −2 no solution

Answer

|x + 4| = −2 no solution