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A thermometer is accurate to within 0.6°F. The

thermometer indicates that Zachary's

temperature is 101.7°F. Write and solve ara

absolute value equation to find the extreme

possible values of Zachary's actual temperature.

Answer :

Here we know that a thermometer is accurate to within 0.6°F, and we know that the thermometer gives a lecture of 101.7°F

Then the absolute value equation that describes the range of possible temperatures is given by:

|T - 101.7°F| ≤ 0.3°F

If any measure is accurate within a given amount A, then for any given measure B we will write:

actual measure = X = B ± A/2

And we could write the range of the possible real value of the measure as an absolute value equation as shown below.

|X - B| ≤ A/2

Thus, if the thermometer is accurate within 0.6°F we have:

A = 0.6° F

And we know that the lecture of the temperature is 101.7°F

Then we can write the temperature as:

T = 101.7°F ± (0.6° F)/2

T =  101.7°F ± 0.3° F

Using the above rule for the absolute value, we get:

|T - 101.7°F| ≤ 0.3°F

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