document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=310568>Question 310568</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't get the basic level of absoulute value? what are we actulley finding? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "When you write |a-b| you mean \"the distance from a to b on a number line\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That distance is always a positive number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|-5| means |-5-0| which is the distance from -5 to 0 which is 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|2+8| = |2-(-8)| is the distance from 2 to -8 which is 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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