document.write( "Question 1170672: Rewrite -3 less than or equal to x less than or equal to -1 using absolute value sign. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "\"-3+%3C=+x+%3C=-1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "-6  -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0  1  2\r\n" );
document.write( "Find the midpoint between the endpoints by looking and seeing\r\n" );
document.write( "that -2 is right in the middle, or else by averaging them:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28%28-3%29%2B%28-1%29%29%2F2=%28-4%29%2F2=-2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We see that the midpoint is each exactly 1 unit from each\r\n" );
document.write( "endpoint.  So the absolute value of the difference between any\r\n" );
document.write( "point on the interval and the midpoint is 1 unit, so the way\r\n" );
document.write( "to say that is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"abs%28x-%28-2%29%29%3C=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or simplifying\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"abs%28x%2B2%29%3C=1\"\r\n" );
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