document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1055573>Question 1055573</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The difference between three times a number and nine more than two times the number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The difference between three times a number and nine more than two times the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x - (2x+9).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Small notice</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In <U>English school math</U> they treat these words \"The difference between x and y\" in two ways.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One way is simply x-y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other way is |x-y|.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Often they can not to get an agreement on how to treat it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But it is \"as is\", and I can not influence it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In real MATH, however, there is no such a duality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In real MATH, \"the difference between x and y\" is x-y.\r<BR>\n" );
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