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2.13.6 Practice

Algebra 12.13.6 Practice
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Complete the following questions to practice the skills you have learned in this lesson.

This year, students in the 9th grade are collecting dimes and quarters for a school fundraiser. They are trying to collect more money than the students who were in the 9th grade last year. The students in 9th grade last year collected $143.88.

  1. Using d to represent the number of dimes collected and q to represent the number of quarters, which statement best represents this situation?
  1. 0.25 q + 0.1 d > 143.88
  2. 0.25 d + 0.1 q > 143.88
  3. 0.25 q + 0.1 d < 143.88
  4. 0.25 d + 0.1 q ≥ 143.88
  1. Which inequality is represented by the graph?

Inequality graphed on a coordinate plane, origin O. Each axis from negative 8 to 8, by 2’s. Dashed line goes through negative 2 comma negative 10, 0 comma negative 6, and 4 comma 2. The region below the dashed line is shaded.

  1. 4 x + 2 y < 12
  2. 4 x + 2 y > 12
  3. 4 x − 2 y < 12
  4. 4 x − 2 y > 12

For 3 - 4, use the passage below to answer the questions:

A farmer is creating a budget for planting soybeans and wheat. Planting soybeans costs $200 per acre and planting wheat costs $500 per acre. He wants to spend no more than $100,000 planting soybeans and wheat.

  1. Let s represent the number of acres of soybeans and w represent the number of acres of wheat.
  1. 200 s + 500 w > 100 , 000
  2. 200 s + 500 w ≤ 100 , 000
  3. 500 s + 200 w ≤ 100 , 000
  4. 500 s + 200 w < 100 , 000
  1. Name one solution to the inequality and explain what it represents in that situation.
  1. (300, 90)
  2. (170, 140)
  3. (250, 100)
  4. (200, 130)

For 5 - 7, use the passage below to answer the questions:

Amira is ordering dried chili peppers and corn husks for her cooking class. Chili peppers cost $16.95 per pound and corn husks cost $6.49 per pound.

Amira spends less than $50 on d pounds of dried chili peppers and h pounds of corn husks.

Here is a graph that represents this situation.

Inequality on grid.
  1. Write an inequality that represents this situation.
  1. 16.95 d + 6.49 h > 50
  2. 16.95 d + 6.49 h < 50
  3. 16.95 d – 6.49 h < 50
  4. 16.95 d + 6.49 h ≥ 50
  1. Can Amira purchase 2 pounds of dried chili peppers and 4 pounds of corn husks and spend less than $50? Be prepared to show your reasoning.
  1. No
  2. Yes
  1. Can Amira purchase 1.5 pounds of dried chili peppers and 3 pounds of corn husks and spend less than $50? Be prepared to show your reasoning.
  1. No
  2. Yes

For 8 - 10, use the passage below to answer the questions:

A beach store rents surfboards for $15 per hour and beach umbrellas for $10 per hour. The store wants to make at least $200 per day on renting beach equipment. Let s be the number of hours that a surfboard is rented and u be the number of hours an umbrella is rented.

  1. Which inequality represents this situation?
  1. 15 s + 10 u < 200
  2. 15 s + 10 u ≥ 200
  3. 15 s + 10 u ≤ 200
  4. 15 s – 10 u ≥ 200
  1. Can the beach store rent surfboards for 7 total hours and rent umbrellas for 9 total hours and reach their goal of making $200? Be prepared to show your reasoning.
  1. No
  2. Yes
  1. Can the beach store rent surfboards for 10 total hours and rent umbrellas for 4 total hours and reach their goal of making $200? Be prepared to show your reasoning.
  1. No
  2. Yes
  1. Mariah has data in a table. Use desmos to plot the data and find a possible inequality in two variables that could be represented by this data. Which graph represents this inequality?
x y
−4 7
−2 3
0 -1
2 -5
  1. y ≤ − 2 x − 4
  2. y > − 2 x − 4
  3. y ≤ − 2 x − 4
  4. y < − 2 x − 4
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