Transcript Do-Now
Do-Now
1) Graph y > –x + 4 and check a solution point.
2) Solve 8y + 3x = 8 for y.
3) Graph 3y – 6x ≥ 9 and check a solution point.
6.5 Word Problems
1) In the last quarter of a high school basketball game, your team is behind by 11
points. A field goal is 2 points and a foul shot is 1 point. Let x represent the
number of field goals scored. Let y represent the number of foul shots scored.
Write and graph an inequality that models the different numbers of field goals
and foul shots your team could score to win or tie the game. (Assume the other
team scores no more points).
2) You and your friends go to McDonald’s for lunch. Together you have $12 to
spend. Each cheeseburger costs $1.50 and each soda costs $0.55. Let x
represent the number of cheeseburgers you can buy. Let y represent the number
sodas you can buy. Write an inequality that represents the number cheeseburgers
x and the number of sodas y that your group can afford. Sketch a graph of the
inequality.
6.5 Word Problems
3) A company manufactures bicycles and skateboards. The company’s daily
production of bicycles cannot exceed 9 and its daily production of skateboards
must be less than or equal to 13. The combined number of bicycles and
skateboards cannot be more than 14. If x is the number of bicycles and y is
the number of skateboards, graph on the accompanying set of axes the region
that contains the number of bicycles and skateboards the company can
manufacture daily.
4) Camille received $82 for her birthday from her relatives. She intends to buy CDs
and books with the money. If CDs cost $16 each and books are $9 each, which
inequality represents the possible number of CDs, x, and books, y, she can buy
with the money?