Julio is a wrestler for his high school wrestling team in the winter. Julio needs to stay around 140 pounds
in the off-season. He charted his weight over the summer by listing the differences his weight was from
140 pounds. He used negative numbers when his weight was under 140 pounds and positive numbers
when his weight was above 140 pounds.
9
Week
Weight
Difference
1
+4.5
2
+2.1
3
-1.5
4
-0.5
5
-2.5
6
7
8
+1.5 -3.75 -2.8
9
0
Insert a >, <, or = symbol to make the statement true. Explain your answer.
10
+1.3
11
a. Use absolute values to determine the difference in Julio's weight from week 7 to week 10.3.751
b. Use absolute values to determine the difference in Julio's weight from week 8 to week 12.