EmeraldWonder

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The dot means multiplication.

They have changed mathematics to have the dot instead of the x to signify multiplication because by the time you get to algebra your problems will have variables which are x, y, and z. So to no confuse the person solving they use a dot instead of an x so that no one thinks its a variable.

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The medication cost is $32

But since it differs up to 8 so the inequality will maximum goes up to 8. And the medication cost $32 is a range fron $24 and $40.

Also all the other answers do not make sense with the cost of the medication. Two of them (which are B and D) say less than $24 and greater than $40 which isn't the amount of $32. 

Then for A the inequality symbol is not facing the correct way. Since the medication costs $32 but differs as much as $8 then it should be greater than the absolute value.

So your answer would be C. |x − 32| ≤ 8; The medication costs range from $24 to $40.

Hope this Helps ;P

Thank you very much ;P