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document.write( "3|3 - 5r| - 3 = 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "Isolate the absolute value term:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3|3 - 5r| = 21\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "     |3 - 5r| = 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since bot |7| = 7 and |-7| = 7, what's between\r\n" );
document.write( "the absolute value bars 3-5r could equal to 7 or -7.\r\n" );
document.write( "So we make two equations:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3 - 5r = 7           3 - 5r = -7\r\n" );
document.write( "       -5r = 4              -5r = -10\r\n" );
document.write( "         r = \"-4%2F5\"              r = 2\r\n" );
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