Nine pounds of sweet potatoes cost the same as 6 pounds of apples. one pound of sweet potatoes costs twice as much as a pound of onions, while a pound of apples costs 24 cents more than a pound of apples. find the cost of each

a) justify

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justifying is just part of everyday life. justify kind of means proof so i think the answer is a) justify.

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

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