document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=281971>Question 281971</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The arrival time t of train B must be at least 5 minutes different from the 4:00 pm arrival time of train A. Express the statement in terms of an inequality invilving an absolute value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, I'm not sure if it is mathmatically appropriate to represent the time 4:00 as a real number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would the answer be something like:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|4:00-5|>=t </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First, I'm not sure if it is mathmatically appropriate to represent the time 4:00 as a real number. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Would the answer be something like:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|4:00-5|>=t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want the \"distance\" from 4:00 to be at least 5 minutes.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|a-b| means \"the distance between a and b\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|4:00-t| >= 5 minutes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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