A little help please??
A quality control inspector is in charge of inspecting drill bits that are produced on an assembly line. The diameter of a drill bit can be modeled by the equation |x − 0.525| = 0.01. Show your work in solving the equation to determine the minimum and maximum diameters of the drill bits.

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A little help please??
A quality control inspector is in charge of inspecting drill bits that are produced on an assembly line. The diameter of a drill bit can be modeled by the equation |x − 0.525| = 0.01. Show your work in solving the equation to determine the minimum and maximum diameters of the drill bits.

anonymous · Answer

Should the equation be: $$
|x-0.525|<0.01
$$

anonymous · Answer

It's writin with the equals sign.

anonymous · Answer

Then there isn't a minimum or maximum value.  There are only two values which it has to be precisely equal to.

anonymous · Answer

$$
|x-0.525|=0.01
$$Turns into $$
(x-0.525)=0.01\quad\text{and}\quad -(x-0.525)=0.01
$$

anonymous · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

You just have to solve for $x$ in each equation.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks I got it now

anonymous · Answer

Solving for x in each equation above gives you -0.515 and 0.535.
Assuming x is the diameter, it can not be negative (obviously). So I'm thinking they need to be within 0.515 and 0.535.
Don't forget units if there are any.

anonymous · Answer

It looks like we are cheating here..this is a quiz question that I'm sure you're going to get caught

anonymous · Answer

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