document.write( "Question 72536This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Algebra
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document.write( "i am confused on how to get the answers...\r\n" );
document.write( "do they have more than one answer each?\r\n" );
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document.write( "If given \r\n" );
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document.write( "|Ax + B| = C where C is positive,\r\n" );
document.write( "If C is negative there is no solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "you ALWAYS make two equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ax + B = C and Ax + B = -C\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve both of them for x. They are both\r\n" );
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document.write( "Example\r\n" );
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document.write( "|2x - 5| = 9\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make these two equations:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2x - 5 = 9 and 2x - 5 = -9\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve them both, get\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x = 7 and  x = -2\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you have \r\n" );
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document.write( "|Ax + B| = |Cx + D|\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make two equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ax + B = Cx + D and Ax + B = -(Cx + D)\r\n" );
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document.write( "and solve them. If you get two answers then they\r\n" );
document.write( "are both solutions. But if you get a false\r\n" );
document.write( "numerical equation like 2=3, then you only have\r\n" );
document.write( "the one solution.\r\n" );
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