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Barry's walkie-talkie has a range of 2 mi. Barry is traveling on a straight highway and is at mile marker 207.Write and solve an absolute-value equation to find the minimum and maximum mile marker from 207 that Barry's walkie-talkie will reach

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Let x be the mile marker that Barry's walkie talkie will reach, then

|x - 207| = 2
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