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Linear Inequalities in One or Two Variables

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and scenarios involving inequalities, budgets, and constraints. Each problem presents a unique situation requiring the formulation of inequalities to find solutions or maximum values. The problems cover various topics including delivery weight limits, staffing budgets, temperature ranges, and more.

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Linear Inequalities in One or Two Variables

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and scenarios involving inequalities, budgets, and constraints. Each problem presents a unique situation requiring the formulation of inequalities to find solutions or maximum values. The problems cover various topics including delivery weight limits, staffing budgets, temperature ranges, and more.

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A cargo helicopter delivers only 100-pound packages and 120-pound packages.


For each delivery trip, the helicopter must carry at least 10 packages, and the total
weight of the packages can be at most 1,100 pounds. What is the maximum
number of 120-pound packages that the helicopter can carry per trip?

A. 2

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6
ID: cfe67646

The point in the xy-plane is a solution to which of the following systems of inequalities?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 45cfb9de

Adam’s school is a 20-minute walk or a 5-minute bus ride away from his house.
The bus runs once every 30 minutes, and the number of minutes, w, that Adam
waits for the bus varies between 0 and 30. Which of the following inequalities gives
the values of w for which it would be faster for Adam to walk to school?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: b1228811

Marisa needs to hire at least 10 staff members for an upcoming project. The staff
members will be made up of junior directors, who will be paid $640 per week, and
senior directors, who will be paid $880 per week. Her budget for paying the staff
members is no more than $9,700 per week. She must hire at least 3 junior directors
and at least 1 senior director. Which of the following systems of inequalities
represents the conditions described if x is the number of junior directors and y is
the number of senior directors?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 2c121b25

Valentina bought two containers of beads. In the first container 30% of the beads
are red, and in the second container 70% of the beads are red. Together, the
containers have at least 400 red beads. Which inequality shows this relationship,
where x is the total number of beads in the first container and y is the total number
of beads in the second container?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: c50ede6d

The total cost, in dollars, to rent a surfboard consists of a service fee and a per hour rental fee. A person rents a
surfboard for hours and intends to spend a maximum of to rent the surfboard. Which inequality represents this
situation?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 64c85440

In North America, the standard width of a parking space is at least 7.5 feet and no
more than 9.0 feet. A restaurant owner recently resurfaced the restaurant’s parking
lot and wants to determine the number of parking spaces, n, in the parking lot that
could be placed perpendicular to a curb that is 135 feet long, based on the
standard width of a parking space. Which of the following describes all the possible
values of n ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 95cad55f

A laundry service is buying detergent and fabric softener from its supplier. The
supplier will deliver no more than 300 pounds in a shipment. Each container of
detergent weighs 7.35 pounds, and each container of fabric softener weighs
6.2 pounds. The service wants to buy at least twice as many containers of detergent
as containers of fabric softener. Let d represent the number of containers of
detergent, and let s represent the number of containers of fabric softener, where d
and s are nonnegative integers. Which of the following systems of inequalities best
represents this situation?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 968e9e51

Which of the following ordered pairs is a solution to


the system of inequalities above?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: ee439cff

On a car trip, Rhett and Jessica each drove for part of the trip, and the total distance they drove was under miles. Rhett
drove at an average speed of , and Jessica drove at an average speed of . Which of the
following inequalities represents this situation, where is the number of hours Rhett drove and is the number of hours
Jessica drove?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: ee2f611f

A local transit company sells a monthly pass for $95 that allows an unlimited
number of trips of any length. Tickets for individual trips cost $1.50, $2.50, or $3.50,
depending on the length of the trip. What is the minimum number of trips
per month for which a monthly pass could cost less than purchasing individual
tickets for trips?
ID: 563407e5

A bakery sells trays of cookies. Each tray contains at least 50 cookies but no more
than 60. Which of the following could be the total number of cookies on 4 trays of
cookies?

A. 165

B. 205

C. 245

D. 285
ID: 541bef2f

Which point is a solution to the given system of inequalities in the xy-plane?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 6c71f3ec

A salesperson’s total earnings consist of a base salary of dollars per year, plus commission earnings of of the total
sales the salesperson makes during the year. This year, the salesperson has a goal for the total earnings to be at least times
and at most times the base salary. Which of the following inequalities represents all possible values of total sales , in
dollars, the salesperson can make this year in order to meet that goal?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 68f2cbaf

Ty set a goal to walk at least kilometers every day to prepare for a multiday hike. On a certain day, Ty plans to walk at an
average speed of kilometers per hour. What is the minimum number of hours Ty must walk on that day to fulfill the daily
goal?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 1a621af4

A number is at most less than times the value of . If the value of is , what is the greatest possible value of ?
ID: df32b09c

Tom scored 85, 78, and 98 on his first three exams in history class. Solving which
inequality gives the score, G, on Tom’s fourth exam that will result in a mean score
on all four exams of at least 90 ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: bf5f80c6

Which point ( , ) is a solution to the given inequality in the -plane?

A. ( , )

B. ( , )

C. ( , )

D. ( , )
ID: 80da233d

A certain elephant weighs 200 pounds at birth and gains more than 2 but less than
3 pounds per day during its first year. Which of the following inequalities
represents all possible weights w, in pounds, for the elephant 365 days after birth?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: b31c3117

The Karvonen formula above shows the relationship between Alice’s target heart
rate H, in beats per minute (bpm), and the intensity level p of different activities.
When , Alice has a resting heart rate. When , Alice has her maximum

heart rate. It is recommended that p be between 0.5 and 0.85 for Alice when she
trains. Which of the following inequalities describes Alice’s target training heart
rate?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: ee7b1de1

A small business owner budgets to purchase candles. The owner must purchase a minimum of candles to
maintain the discounted pricing. If the owner pays per candle to purchase small candles and per candle to
purchase large candles, what is the maximum number of large candles the owner can purchase to stay within the budget and
maintain the discounted pricing?
ID: c17d9ba9

A number is at most less than times the value of . If the value of is , what is the greatest possible value of ?
ID: 1035faea

A psychologist set up an experiment to study the tendency of a person to select


the first item when presented with a series of items. In the experiment, 300 people
were presented with a set of five pictures arranged in random order. Each person
was asked to choose the most appealing picture. Of the first 150 participants,
36 chose the first picture in the set. Among the remaining 150 participants, p
people chose the first picture in the set. If more than 20% of all participants chose
the first picture in the set, which of the following inequalities best describes the
possible values of p ?

A. , where

B. , where

C. , where

D. , where
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The triangle inequality theorem states that the sum of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the length of the third
side. If a triangle has side lengths of and , which inequality represents the possible lengths, , of the third side of the
triangle?

A.

B.

C.

D. or
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The shaded region shown represents solutions to an inequality. Which ordered pair is a solution to this inequality?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The point is a solution to the system of inequalities in the xy-plane. Which of the following could be the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: e8f9e117

The formula above is Ohm’s law for an electric circuit with current I, in amperes,
potential difference V, in volts, and resistance R, in ohms. A circuit has a resistance
of 500 ohms, and its potential difference will be generated by n six-volt batteries
that produce a total potential difference of volts. If the circuit is to have a

current of no more than 0.25 ampere, what is the greatest number, n, of six-volt
batteries that can be used?
ID: d8539e09

For which of the following tables are all the values of and their corresponding values of solutions to the given inequality?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 48fb34c8

For which of the following tables are all the values of and their corresponding values of solutions to the given inequality?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 915463e0

Normal body temperature for an adult is between and , inclusive. If

Kevin, an adult male, has a body temperature that is considered to be normal,


which of the following could be his body temperature?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 89541f9b

Which of the following ordered pairs satisfies

the inequality ?

1.

2.

3.

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II only

D. I and III only


ID: 84d0d07e

A clothing store is having a sale on shirts and pants. During the sale, the cost of
each shirt is $15 and the cost of each pair of pants is $25. Geoff can spend at most
$120 at the store. If Geoff buys s shirts and p pairs of pants, which of the following
must be true?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 963da34c

A shipping service restricts the dimensions of the boxes it will ship for a certain
type of service. The restriction states that for boxes shaped like rectangular prisms,
the sum of the perimeter of the base of the box and the height of the box cannot
exceed 130 inches. The perimeter of the base is determined using the width and
length of the box. If a box has a height of 60 inches and its length is 2.5 times the
width, which inequality shows the allowable width x, in inches, of the box?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A business owner plans to purchase the same model of chair for each of the employees. The total budget to spend on
these chairs is , which includes a sales tax. Which of the following is closest to the maximum possible price per
chair, before sales tax, the business owner could pay based on this budget?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: b8e73b5b

Ken is working this summer as part of a crew on a farm. He earned $8 per hour for
the first 10 hours he worked this week. Because of his performance, his crew leader
raised his salary to $10 per hour for the rest of the week. Ken saves 90% of his
earnings from each week. What is the least number of hours he must work the rest
of the week to save at least $270 for the week?

A. 38

B. 33

C. 22

D. 16
ID: 830120b0

Which of the following consists of the y-coordinates of all the points that
satisfy the system of inequalities above?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: e744499e

An elementary school teacher is ordering x workbooks and y sets of flash cards for
a math class. The teacher must order at least 20 items, but the total cost of the
order must not be over $80. If the workbooks cost $3 each and the flash cards cost
$4 per set, which of the following systems of inequalities models this situation?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 74c98c82

An event planner is planning a party. It costs the event planner a onetime fee of to rent the venue and per
attendee. The event planner has a budget of . What is the greatest number of attendees possible without exceeding the
budget?
ID: e9ef0e6b

A model estimates that whales from the genus Eschrichtius travel to miles in the ocean each day during their
migration. Based on this model, which inequality represents the estimated total number of miles, , a whale from the genus
Eschrichtius could travel in days of its migration?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: f02b4509

A moving truck can tow a trailer if the combined weight of the trailer and the boxes it contains is no more than
pounds. What is the maximum number of boxes this truck can tow in a trailer with a weight of pounds if each box
weighs pounds?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 90bd9ef8

The average annual energy cost for a certain home is $4,334. The homeowner plans
to spend $25,000 to install a geothermal heating system. The homeowner
estimates that the average annual energy cost will then be $2,712. Which of the
following inequalities can be solved to find t, the number of years after installation
at which the total amount of energy cost savings will exceed the installation cost?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 8f0c82e2

The minimum value of is less than times another number . Which inequality shows the possible values of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: b75f7812

Maria plans to rent a boat. The boat rental costs $60 per hour, and she will also
have to pay for a water safety course that costs $10. Maria wants to spend no more
than $280 for the rental and the course. If the boat rental is available only for a
whole number of hours, what is the maximum number of hours for which Maria
can rent the boat?
ID: d02193fb

The shaded region shown represents the solutions to which inequality?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: b64e2c7f

Monarch butterflies can fly only with a body temperature of at least . If a monarch butterfly's
body temperature is , what is the minimum increase needed in its body temperature, in , so that it can fly?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 7d6928bd

A cleaning service that cleans both offices and homes can clean at most places per day. Which inequality represents this
situation, where is the number of offices and is the number of homes?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 948087f2

Which of the following ordered pairs (x, y) satisfies the


system of inequalities above?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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