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Given:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"abs%28-35%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Evaluate this.
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\n" ); document.write( "Those \"bars\" surrounding -35 are absolute value signs. The purpose of absolute value signs
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\n" ); document.write( "gets changed to a positive value regardless of the sign it had when it was inside the
\n" ); document.write( "absolute value signs. [If the quantity inside the absolute value signs was plus, when the
\n" ); document.write( "absolute value signs are removed, it remains plus. However if the quantity in side the
\n" ); document.write( "absolute value signs was minus, when the absolute value signs are removed, it changes
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\n" ); document.write( "In this problem you are told to evaluate $\"abs%28-35%29\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "Recall the rule regarding the absolute value signs. Remove the absolute value signs, but
\n" ); document.write( "change the sign of the -35 so that it becomes +35 and +35 is the answer to this problem
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the meaning of absolute value signs and how they work
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