Problema Solution
Your company makes bags of candy. Each bag should weigh 3 pounds. Each bag can vary by at most 0.13 pounds. When you ship the bags of candy, you ship 5 bags of candy in one box. What is the acceptable weight of one box?
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Let 'x' represent the weight of the box.
Nominal Weight of Box: 5*3 = 15 lbs
Variation in Weight of Box: 5*(±0.13) = ±0.65 lbs or in the interval [-0.65, 0.65].
Weight of Box is between: 15 - 0.65 = 14.35 lbs and 15 + 0.65 = 15.65 lbs or
14.35 ≤ x ≤ 15.65