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