Question

Bolts are packed into bags at a factory. Each bag should have 25 bolts in it but a bad with 22 or 28 is acceptable. Formulate an absolute value equation that could be used to solve for the minimum and maximum number of bolts in a bag.

|x____ | = ______
x = _____(smaller number here)
x = ________(larger number here)

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Answer 1

Absolute value equation is; |x - 25| ≤ 3

Minimum number of bolts is 22 while Maximum number of bolts is 28

Explanation:

We are told that;

Each bag should have 25 bolts in it but 22 or 28 is acceptable.

Since 22 or 28 is acceptable, it means the allowable error is ±3.

Thus, if x is the number of bolts in the bag, the absolute value equation would be;

|x - 25| ≤ 3

Minimum number of bolts is 22 while maximum is 28