In a golf tournament, Sam played 4 rounds and was within 2 strokes of par for all 4 rounds of the tournament. If par is 72 on the course he was playing, solve the equation| x - …

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Austin Born · Answer 1 · 2021-04-25T17:18:10+0000

Given:

|x-4(72)|=2

To find:

The highest and lowest scores Sam could have made in the tournament.

Solution:

We have,

|x-4(72)|=2

|x-288|=2

It can be written as

$x-288=\pm 2$

Add 288 on both sides.

$x=288\pm 2$

x=288-2 and
x=288+2

x=286 and
x=290

Therefore, the highest and lowest scores Sam could have made in the tournament are 290 and 286 respectively.