Question

A carpenter is building a table for a family. The carpenter is working on the final leg of the table. In order for the leg to fit, it needs to be 175 millimeters wide, allowing for a margin of error of 2.5 millimeters. Write an absolute value inequality that models this relationship.

Answer 1

|Width of the leg - 175 mm| ≤ 2.5 mm

Explanation:

This inequality represents that the difference between the width of the leg and the target width of 175 mm should be within 2.5 mm, which allows for a margin of error of 2.5 mm in either direction.