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23. An engine piston has a diameter of 9.2 cm, with a

tolerance on 0.01 cm. what absolute value inequality

represents the range of values for the diameter of the

piston?

24. A survey is taken and finds that 5,000 people in town

would vote for candidate A. the survey company says their

results are accurate within 3%. Write an absolute value

inequality with X as the possible survey results.

25. To ride you have to be 4 1/2 feet tall but no taller than

6 1/2 feet. How can you write this as an absolute value

inequality?

26. The dimensions of a rectangle are multiplied by an

unknown value, k. The area of the original rectangle is 525

cm squared. the area of the new rectangle is 21 cm

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squared. if the width of the original rectangle is 25 cm

squared. what is the width of the new rectangle?

27. Aleah left Edmonton and drove toward Blue River BC at

a speed of 110 km/hr. Michaela left Blue River at the same

time and drove toward Edmonton at a speed of 100km/hr.

If Blue River is 700km from Edmonton how far had they

each driven when they passed each other on the highway?

28. If two similar cubes have an edge ratio of 3:2, what

would be the ratio of their volumes?

29. Joe wants to have a 40% alcohol solution. He has an

unknown amount of a 10% solution and 40 liters of a 50%

solution. He has to mix the two solutions. What is the

unknown amount? Round to two decimal places and also

include the unit.

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30. During the four periods of a baseball game you scored

15, 8, 27 and 25 points respectively. Find the average

number of points scored per period. Answer in units of

points.

31. Your favorite author has published a series of 5 science

fiction books. Each book costs $4.50. The book store is

offering the whole series for $21. What is the cost per

book for the series? Answer in units of dollars.

32. You signed up for 18 dance lessons. The total cost for

the lessons is $120. What is the cost per lesson? We had

put $6.67 but it wasn't right when i went to put it in the

computer for homework. Is there another way to do this

problem?
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33. You went to buy a TV there was a 25 discount. You can

get an additional 10 discount for the floor model and

another 5 for paying in cash. The discounts are applied

successively and you paid 371.93 for the TV. What was the

original price?

34. When Christopher Columbus was 41 years old he sailed

across the Atlantic ocean for the first time. He went on his

final expedition 10 years later, which took 2 years. He died

2 years after his final expedition ended, in 1506. What

year was Columbus Born?