You are scooping ice cream as part of your training at an ice cream shop. The weight of the scoop must be 4 ounces with an absolute deviation of .5 ounce. What is the maximum and the minimum amount of ice cream that are acceptable?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-05T06:08:08

Maximum of #4.5# ounces and minimum of #3.5# ounces.

The weight of the scoop must be #4# ounces with an absolute deviation of #0.5# ounce, means permissible values are

#4+-0.5# ounces i.e. weight of the scoop should not be less than #3.5# ounces or greater than #4.5# ounces

i.e. maximum of #4.5# ounces and minimum of #3.5# ounces.