SOLUTION: Rewrite -3 less than or equal to x less than or equal to -1 using absolute value sign.

Question 1170672: Rewrite -3 less than or equal to x less than or equal to -1 using absolute value sign.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Rewrite



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-6  -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0  1  2
Find the midpoint between the endpoints by looking and seeing
that -2 is right in the middle, or else by averaging them:



We see that the midpoint is each exactly 1 unit from each
endpoint.  So the absolute value of the difference between any
point on the interval and the midpoint is 1 unit, so the way
to say that is



or simplifying



Edwin

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