Question

. A company sells furniture for home assembly. Their largest bookcase has shelves that should be 105 cm, with a tolerance of 0.8 cm (105 cm * 0.8 cm). A set of six shelves had lengths of 105.3 cm, 105.2 cm, 105.0 cm, 104.1 cm, 105.1 cm, and 105.9 cm. a. Find the minimum and maximum allowable shelflength.

Answer 1

You have that the tolerance for the shelflength is of ± 0.8 cm. The shelflength should be of 105 cm. If you take into account the tolerance, the maximum and minum allowable shelflength will be:

maximum allowable shelflength = 105 cm + 0.8 cm = 105.8 cm

minimum allowable shelflength = 105 cm - 0.8 cm = 104.2 cm