Question

Please help!



Company did a quality check on all the packs of trail mixes is targeted to weigh 9.25 oz. A pack must weigh within 0.23 oz of the target weigh to be accepted. What is the range of the rejected masses, x, for the manufactured trail mixes?

1. x<9.02 or x> 9.48 because |x-0.23|+9.25>0
2. x<9.25 or x> 9.48 because |x-0.23|+9.25>0
3. x<9.02 or x> 9.48 because |x-0.25|>0.23

Answer 1

@Mashy @wolfe8

Answer 2

What do you think?

Answer 3

I did not really understand this problem

Answer 4

i didn't get it either :D

Answer 5

thats okay :)

Answer 6

what's the heaviest acceptable bag? what's the lightest acceptable bag? why?

Answer 7

I believe 0.23. Isnt it @Peter14 ?

Answer 8

Well you want the range to be between 0.23 of the target weight.

Answer 9

the heaviest one

Answer 10

So that means you only accept weights of up to 9.25+0.23 from 9.25-0.23

Answer 11

I don't still understand this

Answer 12

you want to figure out what masses the company rejects

Answer 13

So how do I do it?