document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=986878>Question 986878</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> |4 - 3x| <= 13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I've been stuck on this one for the longest dont know where to start please help </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #607657 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=607657\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you don't know where to start, then you must not have started.  If you haven't started, then you have spent no time, or you have spent some time doing nothing which is the same thing in practical terms.  Hence, your claim that you have been \"stuck on this for the longest\" is false on its face.  Don't use illogical arguments with math teachers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The statement that the absolute value of something is smaller than some number is the same as saying the something is somewhere between the number and its opposite.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |4\ -\ 3x|\ \leq\ 13\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is the same as saying\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -13\ \leq\ 4\ -\ 3x\ \leq\ 13\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add -4 to all three expressions:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  -17\ \leq\ -3x\ \leq\ 9\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large -\frac{1}{3}\"> (remember to reverse the sense of the inequalities when you multiply by a negative number)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{17}{3}\ \geq\ x\ \geq\ -3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So your solution set is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left\{x\,\in\,\mathbb{R}\,:\,-3\,\leq\,x\,\leq\,\frac{17}{3}\right\}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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