Problema Solution

The ideal temperature for a refrigerator is 36.5 F. It is acceptable for the temperature to differ from this value by at most 1.5 F. Write and solve an absolute-value inequality to find the range of acceptable temperatures.

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let x be the value of the temperature


|36.5 - x| <= 1.5


by solving we find


35 <= x <= 38


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