How do you graph and solve -3|y-3|=9?

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Apr 11, 2017

There is no solution

Explanation:

We have -3abs(y-3)=9

Let's divide through by -3:

abs(y-3)=-3

and now we have a problem because the value of coming from an absolute value function is always positive and so there is no way for it to equal -3. Therefore, there is no solution.

The graph looks like this:

graph{(y+3abs(x-3))(y-9)=0 [-28.73, 36.22, -11, 21.47]}

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