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document.write( "Rule for getting rid of absolute value bars:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Do all operations inside until there is only one number inside\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. If the number is positive, replace the absolute value bars by \r\n" );
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document.write( "3. If the number is negative, change its sign to positive and \r\n" );
document.write( "   change the absolute value bars to parentheses. \r\n" );
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document.write( "For the first term , since -9 is negative, we change \r\n" );
document.write( "the sign, making it  and change the absolute value bars to \r\n" );
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document.write( "For the second term , since 4 is positive, we merely \r\n" );
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document.write( "For the , since  is negative, we change the \r\n" );
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