document.write( "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?
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document.write( "Let x be the potential values of the temperatures between maxim and minimum\r\n" );
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document.write( "Average is73 deg\r\n" );
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document.write( "Variation is 15 deg, which means deviation of 15/2 = 7.5 degrees in each directions from the average 73 degrees.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the absolute value equation is \r\n" );
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document.write( "    |x-73| = 7.5  degrees.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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It is interesting !

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It is even more interesting !

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Who will tell the truth to people ?

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