document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1207366>Question 1207366</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rewrite each of the following statements using absolute value notation: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) The distance between 12 and 5 is 17.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I say |12 - 5| = 17. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) The distance between x and 2 is 4. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I say |x - 2|= 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) The distance between x and 2 is less than 4. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I say |x - 2| < 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You say?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(d) The number t is more than five units from the origin.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am having trouble setting up part (d). \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #845198 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=845198\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Item (a)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) The distance between 12 and 5 is 17.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is false.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance between 12 and 5,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=abs%2812-5%29=abs%285-12%29=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"abs%2812-5%29=abs%285-12%29=7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----------That is what the \"distance between\" means.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You did not write your exercise problem correctly. </SPAN>\n" );
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