document.write( "Question 100079: Montrose and Salem are 10 miles apart. Karen lives 12 miles from Salem. What are the possible distances Karen lives from Montrose? \n" ); document.write( "
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Montrose and Salem are 10 miles apart. Karen lives 12 miles from Salem. What are the possible distances Karen lives from Montrose?
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document.write( "Let the point M be Montrose and the point S be Salem\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since Karen lives 12 miles from S, we'll draw a circle with center S \r\n" );
document.write( "and radius 12 miles:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Karen lives somewhere on that 12 mile radius circle. Let's draw in the \r\n" );
document.write( "complete horizontal diameter of that circle, and label its endpoints A\r\n" );
document.write( "and B:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The closest Karen could live to M is 2 miles if she lives at A.\r\n" );
document.write( "The farthest Karen could live from M is 22 miles if she lives at B.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore she lives 2 miles or more from Montrose and 22 miles or \r\n" );
document.write( "less from Montrose.  So if her home's distance from Melrose is \r\n" );
document.write( "represented by the letter D, then the inequality is\r\n" );
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document.write( "      2 < D < 22\r\n" );
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