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document.write( "It's the magnitude, or size of the expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's the distance from zero.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "eg |-4| = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|4| = 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The absolute value is always positive.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x| = 3 has 2 solutions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3 and x = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-3| = 3 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|3| = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|z| = -5 has no solutions, the ABS cannot be negative. </SPAN>\n" );
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