What does tolerance mean in math

We can go on for ever All the wiki stuff is not really relevant, for the everyday reading of that symbol, say to yourself, plus OR minus! However, its name is completely irrelevant to the question which was: xuliang said:.

I would like to know how you pronounce the tolerance when you need to talk to people about this. Last edited: Sep 21, Andygc said:. It's faster for me to say plusserminus that it is to say plus minus.

Myridon Senior Member Texas. SReynolds Senior Member Hungarian. The only one I've ever heard is plus-or-minus. Our teachers always said plus-or-minus the quadratic equation is minus b plus or minus Waste time? Saints preserve me from people who find a syllable in a sentence a waste of time! I guess in most cases the beat is so slight you can hardly tell if it is sounded or not. Hmm, that may very well be true Copyright said:. It's faster for me most people to say plusserminus that it is to say plus minus.

I'm no engineer, but in college math through calculus and college chemistry through P-Chem , it was always "plus or minus" for my professors. Perhaps it's a Singapore English thing? SReynolds said:. I've got an engineering background. And wouldn't you say regarding your spoiler that the reason for the way it is said in Hungarian is that putting a "vagy" "or" between plus and minus might get your lips caught in your teeth? Tom Lynd Tom Lynd 1, 1 1 gold badge 7 7 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges.

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Jun 6 0. Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. Hopefully I will be able to answer questions as well as ask them. I use the McDougall Littell Algebra 2 book. I am preparing myself for that course next year. In section 1. I fully understand the concept except for tolerance. I can write a problem that has a tolerance, but I do not know when to use which sign greater than or less than.

Example: A cereal manufacturer has a tolerance of. Write and solve an absolute value inequality that describes the acceptable weights for "20 ounce" boxes.