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Members of the track team can run 600 meters in an average of 43.5 seconds. The

fastest and slowest times varied from the average by 5.3 seconds.
a. Create an absolute value equation to represent this scenario.
b. Solve your equation. What were the fastest and slowest times on the track team?

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ANSWER: Fastest time is 38.2 seconds, slowest time is 48.8 seconds.

EXPLANATION: We solve the absolute value equation |x - 43.5| = 5.3 to find the possible values for the fastest and slowest times.
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