document.write( "Question 1183942: Aram lives 5 miles from Brian's house. Simran lives 8.5 miles from Brian's house. How far is Aram's house from Simran's house?
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document.write( "Suppose that Brian lives at B. Suppose Simran lives at S.  All we are told about\r\n" );
document.write( "Aram is that he lives 5 miles from Brian.  So Aram could live anywhere on the\r\n" );
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document.write( "If Aram lives at A1, then Aram's house is 15.5 miles from Simran's house.\r\n" );
document.write( "That's the maximum distance.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If Aram lives at A2, then Aram's house is 3.5 miles from Simran's house.\r\n" );
document.write( "That's the minimum distance.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If Aram lives at A3 or A3, then Aram's house is 9.9 miles from Simran's house, \r\n" );
document.write( "(the green lines show this distance.)  \r\n" );
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document.write( "That's why the distance cannot be determined from the information given\r\n" );
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