document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1019087>Question 1019087</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you use absolute value signs when simplifying radicals?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #635092 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><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=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=635092\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You know that when you take the square root of a number, you get a positive value and a negative value...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If all that concerns you is the positive value, then you can state it so by placing absolute value signs on it...sometimes we do that with variables, like this...<BR>\n" );
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