Question

HELLLPPP PLEASE!!! A quality control inspector is in charge of inspection drill bits that are produced in an assembly line. the diameter of the drill bit can be modeled by the equation |x-0.525|=0.01. She your work in solving the minimum and maximum diameters of the drill bits.

Answer 1

To solve an absolute value equation like this, you have to make two new equations without the absolute value bars -- one with a negative answer, and one with a positive answer.
So the two equations you'll set up are:
\[x - 0.525 = -0.01\]
\[x - 0.525 = 0.01\]

Then solve each equation for x. The smaller solution is the minimum, the larger solution is the maximum.