Question

On average, Mary can drive to the supermarket in 10 minutes but, depending on traffic, the drive can vary from the average by 5 minutes.
Which absolute value equation can be used to calculate Mary's maximum and minimum drive times?

Let x represent the maximum and minimum time.


∣∣x−5∣∣=10

∣∣x+10∣∣=5

∣∣x+5∣∣=10

|x−10|=5

Answer 1

Answer:

|x−10|=5

The maximum and minimum time(x) gets subtracted by 10 resulting in the 5 minute time vary.