Three airlines serve a small town in Ohio. Airline A has 50% of all the scheduled flights, airline B has 30%, and Airline C has
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The absolute value function |<em>x</em>| always returns a non-negative number. It takes any number <em>x</em> and returns <em>x</em> if it's already non-negative, or -<em>x</em> if it is negative in order to make it positive.
For the equation
-3 + 4 |2<em>x</em> - 5| = 14
rearrange terms to get
|2<em>x</em> - 5| = 17/4
Now,
• if 2<em>x</em> - 5 ≥ 0, then |2<em>x</em> - 5| = 2<em>x</em> - 5. Then
2<em>x</em> - 5 = 17/4
• and if instead 2<em>x</em> - 5 < 0, then |2<em>x</em> - 5| = -(2<em>x</em> - 5), so that
-(2<em>x</em> - 5) = 17/4, or
2<em>x</em> - 5 = -17/4
In the first case,
2<em>x</em> - 5 = 17/4
2<em>x</em> = 17/4 + 5 = 37/4
<em>x</em> = 37/8
In the second case,
2<em>x</em> - 5 = -17/4
2<em>x</em> = -17/4 + 5 = 3/4
<em>x</em> = 3/8
Answer:
Per ounce better buy is <em>Happy popcorn</em>.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that:
Happy popcorn price for 16 ounces = $1.39
Popper popcorn price for 34 ounces = $2.79
Discount coupon present with Gabe = 40 ¢ = $0.40
To find:
Which brand is the better buy per ounce?
Solution:
First of all, let us calculate the price that Gabe has to pay after the discount coupon being applied.
Price for 16 ounces of Happy popcorn after discount = $1.29 - $0.40 = $0.99
Price for 1 ounce of Happy popcorn after discount = = $0.062
Price for 34 ounces of Popper popcorn after discount = $2.79 - $0.40 = $2.39
Price for 1 ounce of Popper popcorn after discount = = $0.070
Clearly, per ounce price of Happy popcorn is lesser than that of Popper popcorn.
Therefore per ounce better buy is <em>Happy popcorn</em>.