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I am having problems solving:\r\n" );
document.write( "Is the square root of x^2  an identity (true for all \r\n" );
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document.write( "Note:  An IDENTITY is an EQUATION.  What you have here,\r\n" );
document.write( "\"the square root of x^2\" is not an EQUATION but only an \r\n" );
document.write( "EXPRESSION.  To have an equation, you must have the word\r\n" );
document.write( "\"EQUALS\" or an = sign somewhere in there.  Sorry we are\r\n" );
document.write( "unable to help, but if you will resubmit the problem\r\n" );
document.write( "with with an equal sign somewhere in there, then we can.\r\n" );
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