SOLUTION: GAsoline prices occasionally fluctuate during a 2 month period of time. Prices increased 34 cents per gallon during the monyh of april and decreased 17 cents per gallon durring th

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Question 990401: GAsoline prices occasionally fluctuate during a 2 month period of time. Prices increased 34 cents per gallon during the monyh of april and decreased 17 cents per gallon durring the month of may. which situation has the greater absolute value?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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April: |+34| = 34
May: |-17| = 17

The price change in April has the greater absolute value.