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L0Z
05/22/19 8:06:18 AM
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6|58|+ 3(4 1)
=6 |3| + 3(3)
=6 3 + 3(3)
= 6 3 + 3(3)
=63+9
=3+9
=12

what the fuck are | |
trying to study college alg so i can't test out with a clepsydras exam. fucking study guide doesnt tell me what those symbols do. I don't recall that symbol in high school alg. Looks like any number inside them will alway make a number positive in it?
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WaterLink
05/22/19 8:07:48 AM
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Absolute value. Essentially, it's always positive because it's a representation of how far away from 0 it is. So -3 is still 3 away from 0. In a nutshell
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Hexenherz
05/22/19 8:07:54 AM
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| | is the absolute value of that which basically just means treat it like a positive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value
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DifferentialEquation
05/22/19 8:08:45 AM
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Looks like any number inside them will alway make a number positive in it?


Yes, the symbols mean absolute value. A positive number stays positive and a negative turns positive.
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REMercsChamp
05/22/19 8:09:06 AM
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>Confused by basic arithmetic
>Talking about college

Good luck my friend
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MedeaLysistrata
05/22/19 8:09:37 AM
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L0Z posted...
6|58|+ 3(4 1)
=6 |3| + 3(3)
=6 3 + 3(3)
= 6 3 + 3(3)
=63+9
=3+9
=12

what the fuck are | |
trying to study college alg so i can't test out with a clepsydras exam. fucking study guide doesnt tell me what those symbols do. I don't recall that symbol in high school alg. Looks like any number inside them will alway make a number positive in it?

|5-8|

-3

Finding that on the keyboard was difficult, but Ibmight be wrong
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Foppe
05/22/19 8:09:54 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value
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Hexenherz
05/22/19 8:10:37 AM
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REMercsChamp posted...
>Confused by basic arithmetic
>Talking about college

Good luck my friend


Everyone has to start somewhere dude wtf.
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ChrisTaka
05/22/19 8:26:38 AM
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Absolute Value:

5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5

The Absolute value of 5 is 5 and the Absolute value of -5 is also 5 because they are both 5 spaces away from zero.
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L0Z
05/22/19 9:07:08 AM
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Hexenherz posted...
REMercsChamp posted...
>Confused by basic arithmetic
>Talking about college

Good luck my friend


Everyone has to start somewhere dude wtf.


this dawg. Its been almost 10 years since i graduated highschool.
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Hexenherz
05/22/19 9:15:08 AM
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L0Z posted...
Hexenherz posted...
REMercsChamp posted...
>Confused by basic arithmetic
>Talking about college

Good luck my friend


Everyone has to start somewhere dude wtf.


this dawg. Its been almost 10 years since i graduated highschool.


Lol I felt the same. I failed math throughout my school years... like all of them, and I wound up just taking classes at the community college because I didn't have the discipline or ability to study for the CLEP.

Best of luck to you on the test.
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dave_is_slick
05/22/19 9:40:46 AM
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L0Z posted...
I don't recall that symbol in high school alg.

You don't?
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ProfDE
05/22/19 5:10:28 PM
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I was dealing with that in middle school because I was in the advanced math program my district offered.
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REMercsChamp
05/22/19 5:31:35 PM
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ProfDE posted...
I was dealing with that in middle school because I was in the advanced math program my district offered.

>absolute values
>"Advanced math program"
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