Solving Equations
Writing Inequalities
Dependent & Independent Variables
Find the Pattern, Write the Equation
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a - 3 = 8

a = 11

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The age of the house, a, is older than 3 years.

a > 3

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The amount of money, m, your sports team makes and the number of cars, n, they wash

IV: n

DV: m

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x   1     2     3     4    5

y  33   34   35   36   37

x + 32 = y

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7x = 77

x = 11

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The cost of the car, c, is at least $28,000.

c > 28,000

   _

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The pounds, p, of flour you buy and the number of bread loaves, b, you want to make

IV: b

DV: p

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m  0   1   2   3    4

n   0   3   6   9   12

3m = n

300

p + 21.9 = 27.1 

p = 5.2

300

The number of tabs, t, is fewer than 10

t < 10

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The temperature, t, of water and the number of minutes, m, the water is in the freezer

IV: m

DV: t

300

a  32  37  42  47  52

b  17  22  27  __  __

a - 15 = b

32, 37

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r/9 = 9

r = 81

400

The number of people, n, living in the house is at most 5.

n < 5

   _

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The number of hamburgers, h, sold and the dollar amount of sales, s, taken in

IV: h

DV: s

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c  0   9  18  27  36

d  0  1    2  __   __

c/9 = d

3, 4

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4/2x = 6

x = 3

500

The number of students, s, who scored 100% on the test was not 0.

s = 0

500

The pages, p, in a book and the weight, w, of the book

IV: p

DV: w

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t = 5d +5

d  0   1    2    3   4

t  5   10   15  __  __

20, 25

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