document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200608>Question 200608</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i am trying to find out how to drop the absolute valu on the following problem\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "i dont now how to type the problem so i am just going to talk it out character by charcter.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "negative, start absolute value, five, negative, square root two, end absolute value </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #150854 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=150854\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Shift backslash (the key above the Enter key on standard keyboards) makes the absolute value bar, sqrt(2) is the correct rendering of square root two, so you should have posted this as: |5-sqrt(2)|.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Remember the definition of absolute value:\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x \geq 0 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ |x| = x\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\, < 0 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ |x| = -x\">\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 5 > \sqrt{2}\">, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 5 - \sqrt{2} > 0\">.  Therefore, by the definition of absolute value:\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |5-\sqrt{2}| = 5-\sqrt{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "</font> </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );