Systems of linear inequalities
In tennis, a player must win at least 6 games to win a set. If g is the number of games the player won and s is the number of sets the player won, what is the inequality?
6s less than equal to g
The author wants to use understatement as a rhetorical style. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
You took my brand-new car without asking, drove it 800 miles, and scraped the entire front bumper? Yeah, you could say I’m extremely upset!
A) No change
B) This makes me so happy!
C) Yea, you could say I'm a little annoyed!
D) I've never been angrier
C
Solve for j:
j/2+7=12
j=10
He had/has gone to the mall before.
has
What is his middle name?
Edward
Kaylee and Mariana are runners. In 1 hour, Kaylee can run around the track 48.5, point, 5 times and Mariana can run around the park trail 4 times. Let t be the length of the track and p be the length of the park trail, both in meters. If Kaylee is the faster runner, what is the inequality.
4p<48.5t
The author wants to use overstatement in order to emphasize the speaker’s exhaustion. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
I’ve been working on legal briefs all day. I’m so exhausted I could sleep for hours!
A) No change
B) Don't think i can sleep right now!
C) I wont be able to sleep for hours!
D) Could sleep for years!
D
Solve for k:
k/4+3=14
k=44
She will/will have go over their.
will
How tall am I?
6'6
The first movement has 333 beats per measure, and the second movement has 4 beats per measure. When Li Qiang attempts to count the beats, he finds that there are at least a beats in the first movement (he might have missed a few) and exactly b beats in the second movement. If the symphony has a total of 446 measures, what is the inequality?
a/s + b/4 is less than equal to 446
In order to emphasize the contrast between a sunrise and the author’s attitude, the author wants to use two adjectives that are derived from the same root word. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Sunrises are, I admit, generally very majestic. But usually (if I have my way) anything that occurs before 8 a.m. is wasted on me. When the sun begins his incredible ascent, I prefer to be an inglorious huddle of sheets, crusted with sleep and willfully blind.
A) No change
B) Glorious ascent, I prefer to be inglorious
C) Glorious ascent, I prefer to be ragged
D) Stunning ascent, i prefer to be pitiful
B
Solve for y:
6=2(y+2)
y=1
They ask/asked for her opinion.
asked
How many brothers do i have?
It takes 40 ink cartridges and 200 pages to print a book, and it takes 30 ink cartridges and 808080 pages to print a magazine. Sarah wants to print books and magazines with at most 300 ink cartridges and 1,200 pages. Let's form a system of inequalities to represent Sarah's conditions. Let B denote the number of books she prints and M the number of magazines she prints. Write the system if equation.
40B+30M is less than equal to 300
200B+80M is less than equal to 1,200
The writer wants to use exaggeration in order to emphasize the relative insignificance of a mistake. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
My friend Joseph, we are told, has committed the oversight of forgetting to bring his homework to class. This demonstrates a multitude of failings, personal and academic, which will forever bar him from the ranks of human society.
A) No change
B) Committed the grave crime
C) Made the inconvenient error
D) Unfortunately made the mistake
B
Solve for c:
43=8c-5
c=6
They want/wanted to go home to eat.
want
Where did I live before I came to Logan?
Kansas
A sundae requires 3 ice-cream scoops and 4 strawberries, and a milkshake requires 2 ice-cream scoops and 6 strawberries. Ramses wants to make sundaes and milkshakes with at most 25 ice-cream scoops and 37 strawberries. Let's form a system of inequalities to represent Ramses's conditions. Let S denote the number of sundaes he makes and M the number of milkshakes he makes. Write the system of equations.
3S+2M is less than equal to 25
4S+6M is less than equal to 37
For the sake of rhetorical flourish, the author wants to use the same word as two different parts of speech. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
She did not hate many things, although she disliked the very act of hating things.
A) No change
B) Although the hated that emotion
C) Except for that very emotion
D) Except for hate itself
D
Solve for d:
41=12d-7
d=4
I live/lived in New Mexico.
live
What is the name of my 3 dogs?
Buster, Jewel, Nelly