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A manufacturing technician is calculating the acceptable error margin for a custom part using the equation 34x5+9=4|\frac{3}{4}x - 5| + 9 = 4. After subtracting 9 from both sides to isolate the absolute value term, the equation becomes 34x5=5|\frac{3}{4}x - 5| = -5. True or False: The technician should recall that there are no valid measurements for xx because an absolute value can never equal a negative number.

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