Question 38680
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Express the statement in
terms of an inequality 
involving an absolute 
value.  The radius r of
a ball bearing must be 
within 0.01 cm. of 1 cm.

The absolute value of the 
difference of r and 1 cm 
must be less than 0.01 cm.

    |r - 1| < 0.01

Edwin
AnlytcPhil@aol.com</pre></font>