Question

At a theme park, a person must be a certain height to ride a rollercoaster person must be h inches tall, plus or minus 1.5 inches. Anoki says the absolute value expression |1.5-h| represents an acceptable height. David says the absolute value expression |h - 1.5| represents an acceptable height. Who is correct? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

David

Explanation:

The required height to ride the rollercoaster = h inches plus or minus 1.5 inches.

The expression that represents an acceptable height will be:

$|h-1.5|$

This is as a result of the fact that the height cannot be less than 1.5.

David is correct.