document.write( "Question 1126298: Absolute value equation that has the solutions x= -10 and x= -5 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The simplest such an absolute value equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    |x - (-7.5)| = 2.5,        (1)    or equivalently\r\n" );
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document.write( "    |X + 7.5|    = 2.5.        (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Equation (1) says that the values  x= -10  and x= -5  are equally remoted from the point x= -7.5  on the number line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that  the distance from the value of -7.5 to -10  and -5 is 2.5,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which is exactly half of the distance between the point -10 and -5.\r\n" );
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