To solve this problem, let us first calculate for the
average sustained wind speed of the Category 1 hurricane:
Average sustained wind speed = (Maximum speed + Minimum
speed) / 2
Average sustained wind speed = (95 mph + 74 mph) / 2
Average sustained wind speed = 84.5 mph
So we can establish that:
<span>x = 84.5 mph Where
x represents the average speed</span>
Then we calculate the range of the wind speed, this can
be calculated either by subtracting the average and minimum speeds, or maximum
and average speeds:
Range = 95 mph – 84.5 mph
Range = 10.5 mph
Therefore the absolute value equation would then be in
the form of:
|x – average| = range
|x – 84.5| = 10.5