document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=968466>Question 968466</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We use absolute value to find distances in the real world. Suppose you travel 10 miles north to the grocery store, then 6 miles south to the post office. From there, you travel 8 miles north to the nearest bank. What is the total distance you have traveled?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Call north positive and south negative:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=abs%2810%29+%2Babs%28-6%29+%2B+abs%288%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"abs%2810%29+%2Babs%28-6%29+%2B+abs%288%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ...recall that abs value is the numerical value of a real number without regard to its sign \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so,<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=abs%2810%29+%2Babs%28-6%29+%2B+abs%288%29+=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"abs%2810%29+%2Babs%28-6%29+%2B+abs%288%29+=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and your answer is D.<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles </SPAN>\n" );
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