SOLUTION: The government requires speedometers on cars sold in the US to be accurate within 2.5% of the actual speed of the car. If your speedometer reads 60 miles per hour while you are dri

SOLUTION: The government requires speedometers on cars sold in the US to be accurate within 2.5% of the actual speed of the car. If your speedometer reads 60 miles per hour while you are dri

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Question 838084: The government requires speedometers on cars sold in the US to be accurate within 2.5% of the actual speed of the car. If your speedometer reads 60 miles per hour while you are driving on a highway, what is the range of possible actual speeds at which your car could be traveling?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It could be on the high side and on the low side.
(58.5,61.5)
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