Question

A person's normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees F. According to physicians, a person's body temperature should not be more than 0.5 degrees F from the normal temperature. How could you use an absolute value inequality to represent the temperatures that fall outside of the normal range?

A) |Temperature - 98.6| > 0.5
B) |Temperature - 98.6| < 0.5
C) Temperature - 98.6 > 0.5
D) Temperature - 98.6 < 0.5

Answer 1

The temperatures that fall outside the normal body temperature range are represented by the absolute value inequality |Temperature - 98.6| > 0.5.

Step-by-step explanation:

To represent the temperatures that fall outside the normal range of body temperature using an absolute value inequality, we would consider that a person's body temperature should not deviate more than 0.5 degrees F from the normal temperature of 98.6 degrees F. This situation can be described by the absolute value inequality |Temperature - 98.6| > 0.5. This inequality shows all temperatures that are more than 0.5 degrees F away from the normal, either above or below, which indicates a condition outside the normal range.