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document.write( "A box is properly filled if both inequalities are valid simultaneously\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x >= 11.8  ounces  AND  x <= 12.2 ounces.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the same as one compound inequality\r\n" );
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document.write( "    11.8 <= x <= 12.2,\r\n" );
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document.write( "or, in the form of the absolute value inequality\r\n" );
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document.write( "    | x - 12 | <= 0.2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The box is improperly filled, if \r\n" );
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document.write( "    x < 11.8  ounces  OR  x > 12.2 ounces.\r\n" );
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