Acompany manufactures penny number 2 nails that are 1 inch in length. the actual length is allowed to vary by up to 1/32 inch.
a. write and solve an absolute value equation to find the minimum and maximum acceptable nail length.
b. a penny number 2 nail is 1.05 inches long. is the nail acceptable? explain

Acompany manufactures large valves, packed in boxes. a shipment consists of 1500 valves packed in 75 boxes. each box has the outer dimensions 1.2 x 0.8 x 1.6 m and the inner dimensions 1.19 x 0.79 x 1.59 m. the boxes are loaded on a vehicle (truck + trailer). the available capacity in the vehicle combination is 140 m3. each valve has a volume of 0.06 m3. - calculate the load factor on the box level (%). - calculate the load factor on the vehicle level (%). - calculate the overall load factor (%).