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Please help me: A cereal company fills boxes with 16 ounces of cereal. The acceptable percent error in filling a box is 2.5%. Find the least and the greatest acceptable weights.
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Please help me: A cereal company fills boxes with 16 ounces of cereal. The acceptable percent error in filling a box is 2.5%. Find the least and the greatest acceptable weights.

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16.4 would be the greatest  and 15.6 would be the least due to 2.5% equaling 0.4 and adding and subtracting it from 16.
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