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Solve and graph: \r
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document.write( "Add -2 to both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by , which\r\n" );
document.write( "reverses the inequality:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You need the rule that to remove the absolute value \r\n" );
document.write( "bars from , where A is a\r\n" );
document.write( "POSITIVE number, you replace it by this three-sided \r\n" );
document.write( "inequality:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using that rule, \r\n" );
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document.write( "becomes\r\n" );
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document.write( "Putting that on a graph (number line):\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since you are only using the integers for the \r\n" );
document.write( "domain D, put a black dot at each of those \r\n" );
document.write( "numbers between -2 and 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "  -4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4\r\n" );
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