SOLUTION: The temperature in a town varies by 15 degrees F. The average temperature is 73 degrees F. What is the correct absolute value equation?

Algebra.Com
Question 1206359: The temperature in a town varies by 15 degrees F. The average temperature is 73 degrees F. What is the correct absolute value equation?

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the potential values of the temperatures between maxim and minimum
Average is73 deg
Variation is 15 deg
15=|x-73|

RELATED QUESTIONS

{{{F=(9/5)C +32}}} The relationship between the temperature F,in degrees Fahrenheit,and... (answered by stanbon,josmiceli)
Studies have shown that Honolulu has an average daily temperature of mu = 73 degrees F... (answered by Boreal)
If the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit is known, the temperature in degrees celsius can (answered by checkley77)
The formula F=9/5 C +32 gives the temperate in degrees Fahrenheit for a given temperature (answered by Alan3354)
When the Celsius temperature is 0 degrees, the corresponding Fahrenheit temperature is 32 (answered by Boreal)
The average low temperature for Columbus in December 2011 was 33 degrees F (Fahrenheit).... (answered by solver91311)
Solve this word problem: Temperature change is computed by subtracting the initial... (answered by ewatrrr)
the expression 5 ( f-32) - 9 gives the temperature in (answered by math_helper)
Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures are related by the equation F=(9/5)C+32, where F is... (answered by tutorcecilia)