document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148480>Question 148480</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "| 3 - 6 | <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First do 3-6.  You get -3:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "| -3 | \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The absolute value is always positive, so make -3 positive\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "| -3 |=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "*When doing absolute value problems the order in which you subtract doesn't matter. So \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "| 3 - 6 | = | 6 - 3 | </SPAN>\n" );
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