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by sanju09 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:31 am
For what value of x is │x – 3│ = -7 true?
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Re: -7 true

by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:33 am
sanju09 wrote:For what value of x is │x – 3│ = -7 true?
Since the absolute value is always positive, . . . it can never be true.
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