document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=990692>Question 990692</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the two numbers that have a distance 3 from -1 by <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)measuring the distance on the real number line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) solving an appropriate equation involving an absolute value  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a)measuring the distance on the real number line<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1-3 = -4 and -1+3 = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) solving an appropriate equation involving an absolute value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|x - (-1)| = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+1 = 3 or x+1 = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2 or x = -4<BR>\n" );
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