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My book claims that,

|x| = x, whenever x => 0
|x| = -x, whenever x < 0

So, this just means that |x| breaks into two equations,

x => 0
-x < 0

But, I am not clear how my book jumps from this to saying that x <=
|x|. Can someone explain how to make this leap?


Corey...



Sun Sep 7, 2003 5:01 pm

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My book claims that, ... So, this just means that |x| breaks into two equations, x => 0 -x < 0 But, I am not clear how my book jumps from this to saying that x...
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