document.write( "Question 895379: Can you please help us solve this absolute value problem? We had submitted it earlier without using the radical sign. Thank you very much!\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Without using a calculator, simplify the above equation by writing an equivalent expression without absolute-value signs. Do the same for :\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #542789 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$\"+sqrt%285%29+\"$ has a value between
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\n" ); document.write( "so, $\"+3+-+sqrt%285%29+\"$ is positive, and the
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+abs%28+3+-+sqrt%285%29+%29+%2B+4+=+3+-+sqrt%285%29+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3+-+sqrt%285%29+%2B+4++=+7+-+sqrt%285%29+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+sqrt%2810%29+\"$ has a value between $\"+3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and $\"+4+\"$ and is greater than $\"+3+\"$ , so
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+abs%28+3+-+sqrt%2810%29+%29+=+sqrt%2810%29+-+3+\"$ , so
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+abs%28+3+-+sqrt%2810%29%29+%2B+4+=+sqrt%2810%29+-+3+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"++sqrt%2810%29+-+3+%2B+4+=+sqrt%2810%29+%2B+1+\"$
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