SOLUTION: The Heights, h. of the students at the middle school satisfy the inequality | h-57.5/2| less than or equal to 3.25, where h is measured in inches. Determine the interval in whi

SOLUTION: The Heights, h. of the students at the middle school satisfy the inequality | h-57.5/2| less than or equal to 3.25, where h is measured in inches. Determine the interval in whi

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Question 184676: The Heights, h. of the students at the middle school satisfy the inequality | h-57.5/2| less than or equal to 3.25, where h is measured in inches.
Determine the interval in which these heights lie and express your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot.

Thanks soooo much!
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Means:

or

Note change of inequality sense when multiplying by a negative.

Putting it all together:

Converting to feet:

feet and

feet, so:

John

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