Item 18
the minimum sustained wind speed of a category 1 hurricane is 74 miles per hour. the maximum sustained wind speed is 95 miles per hour. write an absolute value equation that represents the minimum and maximum speeds. let v
v
represent the wind speed.

The first thing we have to do is to calculate the midpoint of the min and max speeds. We are given that the min and max is 74 and 95 respectively. The midpoint is then calculated as (max+min) / 2. Therefore:

midpoint = (74 + 95) / 2 = 84.5

Next, we calculate the distance from the midpoint to the endpoint by doing subtraction. Therefore:

min endpoint: 84.5 – 74 = 10.5

max endpoint: 95 – 84.5 = 10.5

Now we know that v minus the midpoint will equal the distance such that:

| v - midpoint | = distance.

To our problem,

| v – 84.5 | = 10.5

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)

i think it would be 42cm