SOLUTION: Use absolute value notation to define the interval (or pair of intervals) on the real number line. All real numbers, x, no more than fourteen units from –14.

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Question 1115216: Use absolute value notation to define the interval (or pair of intervals) on the real number line.
All real numbers, x, no more than fourteen units from –14.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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Think of |a-b| as the distance from a to b. Then the statement
abs%28x-a%29%3C=b
means the distance between x and a is at most b.

So for your example "the distance between x and -14 is at most 14" becomes
abs%28x-%28-14%29%29%3C=14
or
abs%28x%2B14%29%3C=14