document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183770>Question 1183770</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kids under 12 and seniors over 62 get discounts on airline tickets.  Write an absolute value inequality to express this </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Kids under 12 and seniors over 62 get discounts on airline tickets. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an absolute value inequality to express this<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    |a - 37| > 25.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The set of those passengers who have a discount, is those passengers, whose age  \" a \"  satisfies this inequality.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that 37 is exactly half way between 12 and 62, and 25 is exactly half the distance between 62 and 12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved and explained.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>comment from student</U> : &nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you very much. &nbsp;&nbsp;Just wondering when to use &nbsp;> &nbsp;and when to use &nbsp;< &nbsp;for such problems? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am guessing, &nbsp;&nbsp;the general method for such problems is: &nbsp;&nbsp;|age - (62 + 12)/2 | > (62 - 12) / 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>My response</U> :  &nbsp;&nbsp;Regarding the formula, &nbsp;&nbsp;you are right. &nbsp;&nbsp;Your thinking is correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Regarding the signs  &nbsp;\" > \"  &nbsp;and  &nbsp;\" < \",  &nbsp;&nbsp;we use  &nbsp;\" < \" &nbsp;in such problems to describe what happens &nbsp;&nbsp;INSIDE &nbsp;&nbsp;the interval,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and we use &nbsp;\" > \" &nbsp;to describe what happens &nbsp;OUTSIDE&nbsp; the interval.\r<BR>\n" );
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