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1. This document provides 17 math word problems involving inequalities, costs, profits, and conversions between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures. Students are asked to find solution sets for inequalities on a number line, determine break-even production levels, calculate hourly sales ranges, convert between temperatures scales, and determine phone usage levels for given cost ranges.

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Problem Set 2 - Inequalities

1. This document provides 17 math word problems involving inequalities, costs, profits, and conversions between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures. Students are asked to find solution sets for inequalities on a number line, determine break-even production levels, calculate hourly sales ranges, convert between temperatures scales, and determine phone usage levels for given cost ranges.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA

ECON1003: Mathematics for Social Sciences I


Problem Set #2 - Inequalities

In Exercises 1 – 9, find the solution sets and depict these on a number line.

x2 5 x 3 5x 1
1. 2 x  3  5x  4 2.  3.   
3 6 3 4 6 3

5  3x
4.  1  3x  4  7 5.  3  6 6. x 2  2 x  3  0
2

7. x 2  x  12 8. x( x  1)  2 9. 3x 2  4(1  x)

10. |𝑥| < √2 11. |𝑥 − 2| ≤ 1 12. |3𝑥 − 2| < 5

13. |3 − 8𝑥| ≤ 5

14. The cost of manufacturing x microcomputers of a certain kind each week is given by
C  2000  50 x , and the revenue from selling these is given by R  75x. How many
microcomputers must be produced and sold in order to realize a profit?

15. A hardware kiosk in a shopping mall sells a dozen washers for $2.95. Beyond the
fixed costs of $150 per hour, it costs $1.45 for enough material and labour to produce a
dozen washers. If the hourly profit varies between $50 and $200, between what levels (in
dozens) do the hourly sales vary?

16. One day, the lowest temperature in Buenos Aires was 50℉, and the highest was
77℉.
(a) In which country is Buenos Aires to be found?
(b) What is the corresponding temperature variation in degrees Celsius? (If F denotes
9
degree Fahrenheit and C denotes degrees Celsius, then 𝐹 = 5 𝐶 + 32. )

17. Using a mobile phone costs $3000 per month, and an additional $1.89 per minute.
(a) What is the cost for one month if the phone is used for a total of t minutes?
(b) What are the smallest and largest numbers of hours you can use the phone in a month
if the phone bill is to be between $3,200 and $4,700?

ECON1003

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