SOLUTION: A brick company guarantees to fill a contractor's order to within 5% accuracy. A contractor orders 1500 bricks. Write and solve and absolute-value equation to find the maximum and

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Question 1095870: A brick company guarantees to fill a contractor's order to within 5% accuracy. A contractor orders 1500 bricks. Write and solve and absolute-value equation to find the maximum and minimum number of bricks guaranteed.
I tried: |x - 1500| = 5% of 1500
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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|1500-x|=75
1500-x=75
x=1425 bricks.
1500-x= -75
x=1575 bricks.
(1425, 1575)