Question

A straight highway is 100 miles long, and each mile is marked by a milepost numbered from 0 to 100. A rest area is going to be built along the highway exactly 6 miles away from milepost 57. If m is the milepost number of the rest area, which of the following equations represents the possible locations for the rest ares?

Answer 1

The Absolute value equation: 

The correct answer would be:  | 57 - m |  =  6





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