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A city advertises that the average number of runners over the past two decades in their annual road race is 800.

The difference between the average number of runners and the greatest number of runners is the same as the difference between the average number of runners and the least number of runners. The greatest number of runners in a race was 920.
What absolute value equation can be written to determine the least number of runners, and what is this value?
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Absolute value equation: |x- ___| = ___
The least number of runners in a race was ___

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Explanation:

Absolute value equation:


|x - 120| = 920

least no of runners = 800 - ( 920 - 800) = 680

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