Jed goes to the deli to purchase turkey that costs $6.89 per pound. State regula

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Jed goes to the deli to purchase turkey that costs $6.89 per pound. State regulations indicate that the scale used in the deli must be accurate to within 1/20 pound. According to the scale Jed's purchase weighs one-fourth pound and costs $1.72. How much might he have been undercharged or overcharged due to a scale error? (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) undercharged $ overcharged $ Solve for x. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list. If there is no solution, enter NO SOLUTION.) |5x + 6| = |2x - 3| x =

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| 5x+6| = |2x-3|

This opens up 2 possibilities for us:
1) 5x + 6 = 2x -3
Solving it we get: 5x-2x = -3-6
3x=-9 ; x=-3;

2) 5x+6 = -(2x-3)
5x+6 = -2x + 3
7x = -3
x=-3/7

So x=-3 or x= -3/7

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