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solve the equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "|0.1x - 0.2| = |0.2x - 0.4|\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are two possibilities. Either:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Case 1.  The expressions inside the absolute values are equal\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "Case 2. One of those expressions is -1 times the other.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Case 1. \r\n" );
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document.write( "0.1x - 0.2 = 0.2x - 0.4 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x = 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Case 2. \r\n" );
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document.write( "0.1x - 0.2 = -1(0.2x - 0.4) \r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x = 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the solutions turned out to be the same.\r\n" );
document.write( "That is an unusual occurrence.  Usually there\r\n" );
document.write( "are two solutions. \r\n" );
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