Hugo is pumping regular gas into his truck.Write and wolve an absolute value equation to represent how many galloons of gas will he pumped when the total is $25 plus or minus $0.50
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given that:
Total amount = $25
Error = ±5
Let gallon of gas pumped = g
Price of regular gas = $2.50
Gallon of gas to be pumped = total amount / price per gallon
Gallon of gas = $25 / $2.50 = 10 gallons
Error = $0.5 / $2.5 = 0.2
(10 - 0.2) < x < (10 +. 0.2)
9.8 < x < 10.2