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 #845205 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52787)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=845205\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "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). <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This post reminds me of the funeral carriage races.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your &nbsp;(a) &nbsp;is fatally incorrect.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your &nbsp;(b) &nbsp;is fatally incorrect, &nbsp;too.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Comment from student</U>: The textbook tells me my answer for (b) is right. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The textbook tells me that (a) should be |12-(-5)| = 17 or |-5-12| = 17. Is the late David Cohen wrong?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>My response</U> : &nbsp;&nbsp;Regarding your comment, &nbsp;&nbsp;|12-(-5)| = 17 &nbsp;or &nbsp;|-5-12| = 17 &nbsp;is correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But in your post, &nbsp;something radically different is written. &nbsp;Namely, &nbsp;it is written\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|12 - 5| = 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which is &nbsp;TOTALLY &nbsp;DIFFERENT &nbsp;and &nbsp;ABSOLUTELY &nbsp;WRONG.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I never read from the late &nbsp;David &nbsp;Cohen; &nbsp;&nbsp;instead, &nbsp;I read from your post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Accordingly, my notes do not relate to &nbsp;David &nbsp;Cohen - they do relate to your post and your writing, &nbsp;EXCLUSIVELY.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not mix obvious things - and even do not try to argue with me in that style . . . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do not even try to apply and/or to develop demagogy here.\r<BR>\n" );
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