Systems of Linear Inequalities, Word Problems - Examples
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- Word Problems with Systems of Linear Inequalities Solving word problems with systems of linear inequalities involves 2 steps: Translate the word problem into mathematical expres…
By Hannah Bonville, Alex Federspiel, Ruiran Xun, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K, Anusha Rahman
- (Video) Solving Inequalities: Word Problems by Anusha Rahman This video by Anusha Rahman walks you through an example word problem of how to solve a system of inequalities. Summ…
By Anusha Rahman
- Systems of Linear Inequalities: Word Problems When you are presented with a word problem that deals with inequalities, it may seem daunting at first to solve the problem. The go…
By Anusha Rahman
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- Cat has a science test and a math test that she needs to study for. Studying a chapter of math takes an hour and a half. Studying a chapter of science takes half an hour. She ha…
- Chef Kevin needs to cook steak and lobster. It takes 101010 minutes to cook each steak and 151515 minutes to cook each lobster. There are at most 252525 lobsters left and 505050…
- Anna needs to make pastries for a party. It takes her 444 hours to bake a cake and 222 hours to bake a dozen cupcakes. She has 242424 hours to make at least 333 cakes. She wants…
- A newspaper has to publish at least 101010 articles and a certain number of games. It also has to be 666 pages or under or else people will get bored. If an article takes up a f…
- A short film has to be under 15 minutes in order to be accepted into the Expii Short Film Festival. The film also has to be at least five times as long as the credits. How long …
- Alex has to write at least 151515 problems for an Expii topic. There has to be at least half as many regular problems as there are word problems, and there must be at least 333 …
- Cassidy's dream life has at least 303030 pets in it. There has to be more dogs than there are cats and bunnies combined, and there has to be exactly twice the number of bunnies …
- Josh is playing a new video game. To unlock the next area he needs to complete a certain number of quests and be a certain level. Each quest takes half an hour to complete. Each…
- Josh is playing a new video game. To unlock the next area he needs to complete a certain number of quests and be a certain level. Each quest takes half an hour to complete. Each…
- In a post-apocalyptic world, gas is very rare and there isn't a lot of it to go around. Max and Rick both come across a supply of 100100100 gallons of gas and both need some for…
- Someone is approaching Helen Keller. Based off their vibrations she is able to narrow down where they are. {3x+4y>32x−8y≤4x<2−12x+y<0\begin{cases} 3x+4y>3\\ 2x-8y\le4\\ x<2\\ -\…
- If Phil used his time and energy as efficiently as possible, how many Good Things could he do in a given day of the loop?
- Jonathan is a potter. He wants to raise money for college, so he makes mugs and bowls. The mugs (xxx) cost 555 dollars each and the bowls (yyy) are 777 dollars. He wants to make…
- Expii wants to plan a movie night for its employees. The movie night will happen if at least 161616 people want to go, and at least half of these people are interns (to make the…
- I've spent the day watching birds in my backyard, where I saw cardinals and robins throughout the day. I saw at least 212121 birds, and the number of cardinals was at most twice…
- Jackie and Curtis share a phone plan which allows the two of them a combined 200200200 minutes on calls in a given month. If Jackie insists on using at least 808080 percent of t…
- I pick two positive numbers with a sum at least 121212 such that the bigger number is at most 444 more than the smaller one. What is the smallest possible value of either number?
- Jill is bringing donuts to the office, and bought a combination of plain and frosted donuts. She bought at least twice as many plain donuts as frosted donuts. She also wanted to…
- A triangle's longest side has length 15,15,15, and the difference in lengths of the other two sides is at most 555. What is the smallest possible integer length of the shortest …
- Kenneth is dropping off toys at the local day care as a donation. He will drop off a combination of toy cars, stuffed animals, and action figures, for a total of no more than 20…