document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1128499>Question 1128499</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a chemistry class, students were learning about boiling point of various elements.Reuben has compiled a table that gives boiling points of each of various elements.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The lowest boiling point is of Element X: – 200 degrees Fahrenheit.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The highest boiling point is of Element Y: 550 degrees Fahrenheit\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the difference between the lowest and highest boiling point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know how to calculate the difference.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-200 – 550 = -750.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure if the answer is written as a negative or positive. Isn’t difference in temperature always written as its absolute value?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Will the answer be – 750 F or 750 F ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would greatly appreciate if you could explain what the correct answer is.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #744969 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><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=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=744969\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The difference is 750.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Difference is the distance between the 2 points, and distances are positive.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's the absolute value.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-200 - 550| = 750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|550 -(-200)| = 750 </SPAN>\n" );
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