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LESSON
Practice C
7.6 For use with pages 478–484

Tell whether the ordered pair is a solution of the system of inequalities.

1. (0, 1) 2. (0, 21) 3. (1, 4)
y y y

23 1 3 x 1 3 x
1
x
21 1 3 5
21 21 21

Match the system of inequalities with its graph.

4. 3x 1 2y ≥ 4 5. 3x 1 2y ≥ 24 6. 3x 2 2y ≤ 4
y>42x x1y<4 x1y<4
A. y B. y C. y
20 10
6
12 6
2

x 22 2 6 x x
220 212 24 4 26 22
24 22

Graph the system of inequalities.

7. x ≥ 22
LESSON 7.6

8. x < 0 9. 3x 1 y < 0
y≤5 4x 2 y ≤ 1

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y > 21
y y y
5 3 3

3 1 1

23 21 1 3 x 23 21 1 3 x
1 21 21

23 21 1 x
21 23 23

10. x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 11. x > 4, x < 8 12. y > 22, x ≥ 0

2x 1 y < 3 y ≥ 2x 1 1 y ≥ 3x
y y y
20 3
3
12 1
1
23 21 1 3 x
4 21
21 1 3 x
21
24 4 12 x
24 23

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LESSON
Practice C continued
7.6 For use with pages 478–484

Write a system of inequalities for the shaded region.

13. y 14. y 15. y
3
3
1
3 1
23 21 1 3 x x
21 1 3
1 21
23
23 1 3 x

16. y 17. y 18. y

3
3

1 2
23 21 1 3 x
21
23 21 1 3 x 22 2 6 x
21
23

19. School Play The tickets for a school play cost $8 for adults and y
$5 for students. The auditorium in which the play is being held can 600

Student tickets
hold at most 525 people. The organizers of the school play must 500
make at least $3000 to cover the costs of the set construction, 400
costumes, and programs. 300
200
a. Write a system of linear inequalities for the number of each 100
type of ticket sold. 0
0 200 400 600 x

LESSON 7.6
b. Graph the system of inequalities. Adult tickets
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c. If the organizers sell out and sell twice as many student tickets
as adult tickets, can they reach their goal? Explain how you got
your answer.
20. Exercise You exercise 15 hours per week by swimming and y
running. You want to spend at least twice the amount of time 14
swimming as running. 12
Swimming

10
a. Write a system consisting of an equation and an inequality 8
that describes the situation. 6
b. Draw a graph to show the possible combinations of hours 4
that you could exercise. 2
0
c. Interpret the graph in the context of the problem. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 x
Running

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19. a. x 1 y ≥ 5 and 1.9x 1 5.2y ≤ 20 19. a. x 1 y ≤ 525 and 8x 1 5y ≥ 3000

b. c. Answers will vary. b.
Packages of hamburgers

y y
6 600

Student tickets
5 1.9x 1 5.2y < 20 500
4 400
3 300
ANSWERS

2 200
1 100
x1y>5
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x 0 200 400 600 x
Packages of hot dogs Adult tickets

20. a. 5.5 h c. Yes. If there are twice as many student

b. y c. Answers will vary. tickets sold, then 175 adult tickets are sold and
6 350 student tickets are sold, which is a solution
Hours weeding

5 x 1 y < 5.5
4
of the system.
3 x1y>4 20. a. x 1 y 5 15 and y ≥ 2x, where x is the
2
1 number of hours you run and y is the number of
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x hours you swim.
Hours cleaning
b. y
14
Practice Level C 12

Swimming
10
1. no 2. no 3. yes 4. C 5. A 6. B 8
y y 6
7. 8. 3 4
2
3 1 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 x
23 21 1 3 x Running
1

23 21 1 x c. The solution of the system is the portion of the

graph x 1 y 5 15 for which 0 ≤ x ≤ 5. This means
21 23

9. y 10. y that if you run for no more than 5 hours, you can
3
3
spend the remaining time swimming.

1
23 21 1 3 x
21
21 1 3 x Review for Mastery
21
1. y 2. y

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3 3
11. 20
y 12. 3
y
1

12 1 23 21 1 3 x 27 25 21 1 x
21 21
23 21 1 3 x
4

24 12 x
23

3. y
13. x ≤ 21 and y > 5 14. y ≤ 2x and y < 21
7
15. y ≤ 4 2 x and y ≥ 2x 16. y ≥ 1 2 x and x ≥ 0
17. x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, and y ≤ x 1 2
5

3
18. x < 3, x > 21, and y < 2x 2 1
1

23 21 1 3 x

4. y > 3x 1 1; y ≤ x 1 2 5. y < 23; 2x 1 3y > 6

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