document.write( "Question 964062: In a survey, 61% of the people asked said they would vote yes for the town budget. The margin of error is 2.5%. The inequality |n - 61| ≤ 2.5 can be used to find the range of votes likely to vote yes for the budget
\n" ); document.write( "Which shows the solution to this inequality?
\n" ); document.write( " A) 58.5 ≤ n ≤ 61
\n" ); document.write( " B) 58.5 ≤ n ≤ 63.5
\n" ); document.write( " C) 61 ≤ n ≤ 63.5
\n" ); document.write( " D) 2.5 ≤ n ≤ 63.5
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\"abs%28n-61%29%3C=2.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "This means that either \"%28n-61%29%3C=2.5\" or \"-%28n-61%29%3C=2.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Let's take \"%28n-61%29%3C=2.5\" first
\n" ); document.write( "add 61 to each side
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%3C=63.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now the second equation, \"-%28n-61%29%3C=2.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-n%2B61+%3C=2.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "multiply each side by -1 which will change the direction of the inequality.
\n" ); document.write( "\"n+-61+%3E=+-2.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "add 61 to each side
\n" ); document.write( "\"n+%3E=+58.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "So we have \"n%3C=63.5\" and \"n+%3E=+58.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "which can be rewritten
\n" ); document.write( "\"58.5%3C=n%3C=63.5\"
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