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Lesson 14: Solving Inequalities


Classwork
Opening Exercise
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The annual County Carnival is being held this summer and will last 5 days. Use this information and the other given

information to answer each problem to follow.

You are the owner of the biggest and newest rollercoaster called the Gentle Giant. The rollercoaster costs $6 to ride.
The operator of the ride must pay $200 per day for the ride rental and $65 per day for a safety inspection. If you want
to make a profit of at least $1000 each day, what is the minimum number of people that must ride the rollercoaster to
make that profit?

Write an inequality that can be used to find the minimum number of people, , that must ride the rollercoaster each day
to make the daily profit.

Solve the inequality.

Interpret the solution.

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Example 1
A youth summer camp has budgeted $2000 for the campers to attend the carnival. The cost for each camper is $17.95,
which includes general admission to the carnival and 2 meals. The youth summer camp must also pay $250 for the
chaperones to attend the carnival and $350 for transportation to and from the carnival. What is the greatest amount of
campers that can attend the carnival if the camp must stay within their budgeted amount?

Example 2
The carnival owner pays the owner of an exotic animal exhibit $650 for the entire time the exhibit is displayed. The
owner of the exhibit has no other expenses except for a daily insurance cost. If the owner of the animal exhibit wants to
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make more than $500 in profits for the 5 days, what is the greatest daily insurance rate he can afford to pay?
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Example 3
There are several vendors at the carnival who sell products and also advertise their businesses. Shane works for a
recreational company that sells ATVs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, and motorcycles. His boss paid him $500 for working all
of the days at the carnival plus 5% commission on all of the sales made at the carnival. What was the minimum amount
of sales Shane needed to sell if he earned more than $1,500?

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Lesson Summary
The goal to solving inequalities is to use If-then moves to make 0s and 1s to get the inequality into the form > a
number or < a number. Adding or subtracting opposites will make 0s. According to the If-then move, a number
that is added or subtracted to each side of an inequality does not change the solution of the inequality. Multiplying
and dividing numbers makes 1s. A positive number that is multiplied or divided to each side of an inequality does
not change the solution of the inequality. However, multiplying or dividing each side of an inequality by a negative
number does reverse the inequality sign.
Given inequalities containing decimals, equivalent inequalities can be created which have only integer coefficients
and constant terms by repeatedly multiplying every term by ten until all coefficients and constant terms are
integers.
Given inequalities containing fractions, equivalent inequalities can be created which have only integer coefficients
and constant terms by multiplying every term by the least common multiple of the values in the denominators.

Problem Set
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As a salesperson, Jonathan is paid $50 per week plus 3% of the total amount he sells. This week, he wants to earn
at least $100. Write an inequality with integer coefficients for the total sales needed and describe what the solution
represents.

2.

Systolic blood pressure is the higher number in a blood pressure reading. It is measured as the heart muscle
contracts. Heather was with her grandfather when he had his blood pressure checked. The nurse told him that the
upper limit of his systolic blood pressure is equal to half his age increased by 110.
a.

b.
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is the age in years and is the systolic blood pressure in mmHg (milliliters of Mercury). Write an inequality
to represent this situation.

Heathers grandfather is 76 years old. What is normal for his systolic blood pressure?

Traci collects donations for a dance marathon. One group of sponsors will donate a total of $6 for each hour she
dances. Another group of sponsors will donate $75 no matter how long she dances. What number of hours, to the
nearest minute, should Traci dance if she wants to raise at least $1,000?

4.

Jacks age is three years more than twice his younger brothers, Jimmys, age. If the sum of their ages is at most 18,
find the greatest age that Jimmy could be.

5.

Brenda has $500 in her bank account. Every week she withdraws $40 for miscellaneous expenses. How many
weeks can she withdraw the money if she wants to maintain a balance of a least $200?

6.

A scooter travels 10 miles per hour faster than an electric bicycle. The scooter traveled for 3 hours, and the bicycle
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traveled for 5 hours. All together, the scooter and bicycle travelled no more than 285 miles. Find the maximum
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speed of each.

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Lesson 15: Graphing Solutions to Inequalities


Exercise 1
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Two identical cars need to fit into a small garage. The opening is 23 feet 6 inches wide, and there must be at least 3
feet 6 inches of clearance between the cars and between the edges of the garage. How wide can the cars be?

Example 1
A local car dealership is trying to sell all of the cars that are on the lot. Currently, it has 525 cars on the lot, and the
general manager estimates that they will consistently sell 50 cars per week. Estimate how many weeks it will take for
the number of cars on the lot to be less than 75.
Write an inequality that can be used to find the number of full weeks. Since is the number of full or complete
weeks, when = 1 means at the end of week 1.
Solve and graph the inequality.

Interpret the solution in the context of the problem.

Verify the solution.

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Exercise 2
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The cost of renting a car is $25 per day plus a one time fee of $75.50 for insurance. How many days can the car be
rented if the total cost is to be no more than $525?
a.

Write an inequality to model the situation.

b.

Solve and graph the inequality.

c.

Interpret the solution in the context of the problem.

Additional Exercises
For each problem, write, solve, and graph the inequality, and interpret the solution within the context of the problem.
3.

Mrs. Smith decides to buy three sweaters and a pair of jeans. She has $120 in her wallet. If the price of the jeans is
$35, what is the highest possible price of a sweater?

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4.

The members of the Select Chorus agree to buy at least 250 tickets for an outside concert. They buy 80 less lawn
tickets than balcony tickets. What is the least number of balcony tickets bought?

5.

Samuel needs $29 to download some songs and movies on his iPod. His mother agrees to pay him $6 an hour for
raking leaves in addition to his $5 weekly allowance. What is the minimum number of hours Samuel must work in
one week to have enough money to purchase the songs and movies?

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Problem Set
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Ben has agreed to play less video games and spend more time studying. He has agreed to play less than 10 hours of
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video games each week. On Monday through Thursday, he plays video games for a total of 5 hours. For the
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remaining 3 days, he plays video games for the same amount of time each day. Find , the amount of time he plays
video games, for each of the 3 days. Graph your solution.

Garys contract states that he must work more than 20 hours per week. The graph below represents the number of
hours he can work in a week.
a.

b.
c.

Write an algebraic inequality that representing the number of hours, , Gary can work in a week.

Gary gets paid $15.50 per hour in addition to a weekly salary of $50. This week he wants to earn more than
$400. Write an inequality to represent this situation.
Solve and graph the solution form part (b).

3.

A bank account has $650 in it. Every week, Sally withdraws $50 to pay for her dog sitter. What is the maximum
number of weeks that Sally can withdraw the money so there is at least $75 remaining in the account? Write and
solve an inequality to find the solution and graph the solution on a number line.

4.

On a cruise ship, there are two options for an internet connection. The first option is a fee of $5 plus an additional
$0.25 per minute. The second option $50 for an unlimited number of minutes. For how many minutes,, is the
first option cheaper than the second option? Graph the solution.

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