document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=398940>Question 398940</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rewrite the expression without using the absolute value symbol\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x-2| if x<2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "|x-2| = (x-2) if (x-2) is greater than or equal to 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|x-2| = -(x-2) if (x-2) is less than 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x is less than 2, then the expression |x-2| will be less than 0, so the expression |x-2| will be equivalent to -(x-2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|1-2| = |-1| = -(-1) = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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