Question

How do you solve `5 + absm = 1`?

Answer 1

There is no solution to this equation.

Explanation:

In order to have
`5 + absm = 1`,

we must have `absm = 1-5` (Subtract `5` on both sides)

But that means we need:

`absm = -4`

But the absolute value of a number is always positive or `0`,

so there is no number whose absolute value is `-4`.