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Re: How to handle this

by dtweah » Tue May 05, 2009 2:42 am
success1111 wrote:This problem seems strange to me. How to handle this double absolute value

| -5-2|4-8|
One absolute value bar must ber left out. It must be
|-5-2|4-8|| or |-5-2||4-8|. the point is when you open an absolute expression you must close it. In the problem a bar is missing.
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Re: How to handle this

by deepoe » Tue May 05, 2009 2:47 am
success1111 wrote:This problem seems strange to me. How to handle this double absolute value

| -5-2|4-8|


| -7 | -4 | but absolute value are always positive so it is 7 and 4 but as dtweah stated, there is something missing.
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