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Unit 5 Day 5 Homework
Solving Linear Inequalities
Tell whether the ordered pair is a solution of the given inequality.
1. (1, 6); y < x  6
2. (3, 12); y  2x  5
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3. (5, 3); y  x  2
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Graph the solutions of each linear inequality.
4. y  x  4
5. 2x  y > 2
6. x  y  1 < 0
7. Clark is having a party at his house. His father has allowed him to spend at most $20 on
snack food. He’d like to buy chips that cost $4 per bag, and pretzels that cost $2 per bag.
a. The inequality that describes the situation is
4x + 2y  20
What does x stand for in the inequality?
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b. Graph the solutions.
c. Give two possible combinations of bags of
chips and pretzels that Clark can buy.
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8. Which of the following is a graph of the inequality y  3 x  1 ?
A.
B.
C.
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9.Which of the following has both the point (4, 0) and the point (-3, -1) in its solution set?
A.
B.
C.
10. Complete the inequality that is graphed to
The right by filling in the first blank with
>, <,  , or  and the next two blanks
with the appropriate numbers.
y ____ ____x ______
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