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document.write( "Your equation is THIS :\r\n" );
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document.write( "|x - 5.5| = 3.5.    (*)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that 5.5 is the mid-point between 2 and 9:   5.5 = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the equation (*)  says that the points x= 2  and  x= 9  are equally remoted at the distance of  3.5  from their mid-point.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Also notice that  3.5 is the half of the distance 9-2 = 7 between the given points (the given values)  x= 2  and  x= 9.\r\n" );
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