document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984152>Question 984152</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PLEASE HELP I WOULD APPRECIATE IT :)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After successfully solving an absolute-value problem, Ariel spilled Heath Bar Crunch all over the problem. All that can be read now is, “The distance between x and (mess of ice cream) is (another mess of ice cream).” Given that Ariel’s answers are x = &#8722;3 and x = 7, reconstruct the missing parts of the problem. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #604939 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=604939\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=z%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"z%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "sign of y is uncertain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CASE x-y>=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=z+y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "trying x=7=z+y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CASE x-y<0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+y=z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x=z-y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=y-z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3=y-z\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use these results as a system of equations:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve this for y and z. </SPAN>\n" );
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