document.write( "Question 1206363: Donna and Kayleigh both go to the same high school. Donna lives 21 miles from the school.Kayleigh lives 6 miles from Donna.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #843775 by ikleyn(52847) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The problem does not say that all locations are along one straight line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, based on common sense, we may assume that the locations are on the 2D \r\n" );
document.write( "Earth surface, which we may assume flat.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If so, then the problem is worded incorrectly.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, the question should be posed about an inequality, not about an equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "An inequality for the problem is  \r\n" );
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document.write( "      15 <= |H - K| <= 27  miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here 15 = 21-6;  27 = 21 + 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the answer to question (A).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer to question (B) is  that Kayleigh can live from 15 to 27 miles from her school.\r\n" );
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