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Sofia is buying new skis. She finds that the average price of skis is $500 but the actual price could differ from the average as much as $250. Write and solve an absolute value inequality to describe this situation.

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The equation that best represent the actual prices of the skis is,
I x - 500 I ≥ 250
Solving the absolute value equation,
x ≤ 750 and x ≥ 250
Thus, the prices of the skis ranges from 250 to 750.
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