1965 AHSME Problems/Problem 23

Problem

If we write $|x^2 - 4| < N$ for all $x$ such that $|x - 2| < 0.01$ , the smallest value we can use for $N$ is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ .0301 \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ .0349 \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ .0399 \qquad \textbf{(D) }\ .0401 \qquad \textbf{(E) }\ .0499\qquad$

$\fbox{D}$

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