When Spheres-R-Us ships bags of golf balls, each bag must be within 5 balls of 360. Which equation is an absolute value equation representing the high and low values, and what are those values?

A. |360-m| = 5, 5; 10
B. |m-5| = 360; 355, 365
C. |360-5| = m; 5, 10
D. |m-360| = 5; 355, 365

Question

When Spheres-R-Us ships bags of golf balls, each bag must be within 5 balls of 360. Which equation is an absolute value equation representing the high and low values, and what are those values?

A. |360-m| = 5, 5; 10
B. |m-5| = 360; 355, 365
C. |360-5| = m; 5, 10
D. |m-360| = 5; 355, 365

ny,ny · Answer

@ganeshie8

ganeshie8 · Answer

Let "m" be the number of balls in a bag. The difference between "m" and 360 would be |m-360| yes ?

ny,ny · Answer

yes

ganeshie8 · Answer

you want this error (difference) to be less than 5, so the equation representing highest and lowest values for "m" would be
$$|m-360| = 5$$

ganeshie8 · Answer

solving that should give you $m = 355,~ 365$
you don't have them options.. .looks there is some typo in the options. .

ny,ny · Answer

woops my bad. let me edit the question.

ny,ny · Answer

I think I'm confused with the wording of the question.

ny,ny · Answer

I mean
How does
"within 5 balls of 360" 
mean
|m-360| = 5

ny,ny · Answer

also how does solving get 335, 365? 
I'm trying to understand this. :p

ny,ny · Answer

oh.
i understand why solving gets 355, 365.

ny,ny · Answer

just the translating part is weird.

ny,ny · Answer

well thanks i guess