document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=806736>Question 806736</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you please help me solve this question, and explain what you did, my teacher didn't quite explain it well enough to me. |-3r|=9 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Absolute value is the magnitude, or the distance from zero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For this one, either<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-3r) = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(-3r) = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 2 cases, so you get 2 answers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can use = 9 or = -9, but be careful when it's an inequality.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Changing the sign of the values inside the ABS | |  always works. </SPAN>\n" );
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