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Plot the minimum and maximum values on a number line.
Start with determining the midpoint by using the number line formed in Part A.
|x-12.5|=2.5
We can plot the maximum and minimum shoulder heights on the number line as the following.
An absolute value equation takes on the following form.
|x- midpoint|= distance to midpoint
From the number line, we can see that the midpoint between 10 and 15 is 12.5, and that the distance from both values to the midpoint is 2.5. We can then write the following equation. |x- 12.5|= 2.5