Question

9. A contestant on a game show must guess the price of a new car. The contestant will

Answer 1

Given :

A contestant on a game show must guess the price of a new car. The contestant will  win if his guess is within $1000 of the price of the car.

To Find :

If the price of the car is  $24,995 and the contestant's guess is represented by g, what absolute value  inequality represents this situation.

Solution :

Let, range in which participant guess would be considered correct is r.

So, r should be in range $( 24,995 ± 1000 ).

( 24,995 - 1000 ) ≤ r ≤ ( 24,995 + 1000 )

23,995 ≤ r ≤ 25,995

Therefore, the correct inequality is 23,995 ≤ r ≤ 25,995 .

Hence, this is the required solution.