SOLUTION: In a poll for the upcoming mayoral election, 42% of likely voters said they planned to vote for Lucy Jones. This pill had a margin of error of +-3 percentage points. use this inequ

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Question 670831: In a poll for the upcoming mayoral election, 42% of likely voters said they planned to vote for Lucy Jones. This pill had a margin of error of +-3 percentage points. use this inequality |v-42|<=3 to find the least and greatest percent of voters v likely to vote for Lucky Jones according to this poll.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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|v-42|<=3

-3 <= v-42 <= 3

-3+42 <= v <= 3+42

39 <= v <= 45

So the smallest percent is 39% and the largest percent is 45%