Solve the following inequalities:

a) 2w + 17 ˃ -4w -25

b) 2.3 + 0.6t ˂ 2 + 0.8t

c) determine if – 3.5 and 10 make the inequalities in parts a) and b) true or not. check both numbers in both inequalities. show your work.

A) w > -7

B) 1.5 < t

C) -3.5 makes A) true and B) false

    10 makes both inequalities true

Step-by-step explanation:

The idea of these exercises is to clear our variable, we need it to be alone on one side of the inequality

A) 2w + 17 ˃ -4w -25

First, we will put together on one side the terms with a w and on the other the terms without w.

For that, we have to add 4w - 17 on both sides

2w + 17 + 4w - 17 ˃ -4w -25 + 4w - 17 (Notice that 17-17=0 and -4w+4w=0, so we don't have to write them below)

2w + 4w > -25 - 17

Now we can sum the terms (we didn't do it before because we can't sum a term with a w with one without it)

6w > -42

We divide by 6 on both sides and we have

6/6w > -42/6

w > -7

B) 2.3 + 0.6t ˂ 2 + 0.8t

We start as before; in this case we have to put together the terms with a t (our variable changes name but the idea is the same)

We will add -2 - 0.6t on both sides

2.3 + 0.6t -2 - 0.6t ˂ 2 + 0.8t -2 - 0.6t  

2.3 - 2 < 0.8t - 0.6t

Now we sum the terms  

0.3 < 0.2t

We divide by 0.2 on both sides and we have

0.3/0.2 < 0.2/0.2t

1.5 < t

C) Let's check -3.5 on both inequalities:

We have to replace the variable by -3.5:

2*(-3.5) + 17 ˃ -4*(-3.5) -25 (remember that if there is no sign between a number and a variable, it means that is a multiplication)

Now we just solve the calculation

-7 + 17 > 14 -25

10 > -11

That's true, so -3.5 makes the inequality true.

Now, in the other inequality, we replace the t by -3.5 and solve as before

2.3 + 0.6*(-3.5) ˂ 2 + 0.8*(-3.5)

2.3 - 2.1 < 2 - 2.8

0.2 < -0.8

That's false because we are saying that a negative number is bigger than a positive one, so -3.5 makes the inequality not true.

  Now we do the same with 10 in both inequalities:

   2*10 + 17 ˃ -4*10 -25

   20 + 17 > -40 -25

   37 > - 65

   It's true!

   2.3 + 0.6*10 ˂ 2 + 0.8*10

   2.3 + 6 < 2 + 8

   8.3 < 10

   It's true!

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step-by-step explanation:

the results from a pre-test for students for the year 2000 and the year 2010 are illustrated in the box plot. what do these results tell us about how students performed on the 29 question pre-test for the two years?

if we compare only the lowest and highest scores between the two years, we might conclude that the students in 2010 did better than the students in 2010. this conclusion seems to follow since the lowest score of 8 in 2010 is greater in value than the lowest score of 6 in 2000. also, the highest score of 28 in 2010 is greater in value than the highest score of 27 in 2000.

but the box portion of the illustration gives us more detailed information. the middle bar in each box shows us that the median score of 20 in 2000 is greater in value than the median score of 17 in 2010. further, we note that the box and whiskers divide the illustration into four pieces. each of these four pieces represents the same portion of students. so, the upper half of the students in 2000 scored in the same score range as the upper one-fourth of the students in 2010, see the illustration at a score of 20.

by considering the upper one-fourth, upper half, and upper three-fourths instead of just the lowest and highest scores, we would conclude that the students as a whole did much better in 2000 than in 2010. we would conclude that as a whole the students in 2010 are less prepared than the students in 2000.

in this section, we discuss box-and-whisker plots and the five key values used in constructing a box-and-whisker plot. the key values are called a five-number summary, which consists of the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.

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