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Translate IxI>= 3 into words using the definition of absolute value

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The absolute value of an integer is the distance that separates the number from the zero position "0", that is, the absolute value of an integer is the natural number that results from suppressing its sign.

In other words, the absolute value of a real number a, written |a|, is the same number a when it is positive or zero, and opposite of a, if a is negative.

In this case IxI>= 3 means that
\left \{ {{x\geq 3} \atop {x\leq -3}} \right.

This is translated as, since the absolute value of x represents the distance from zero, the solutions to this inequality are those numbers whose distances from zero are greater than or equal to 3, that is, that x is greater than or equal to 3 or x is less than or equal to -3.

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