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On a road that is being constructed, houses must be within 200 feet of a fire hydrant. The fire hydrant is located at a point represented by the number 50 on a number line where each number on the number line represents 1 foot.
Which absolute value equation represents the farthest points that the houses could be located on the number line?
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|x - 50| = 200
This gives x = 50 ± 200, so the farthest allowed house locations are x = -150 and x = 250.
This gives x = 50 ± 200, so the farthest allowed house locations are x = -150 and x = 250.
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