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prealgebra senior

Problem

In order to estimate the value of where and are real numbers with , Xiaoli rounded up by a small amount, rounded down by the same amount, and then subtracted her rounded values. Which of the following statements is necessarily correct?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The original expression now becomes , where is a positive constant, hence the answer is .
Final answer
A