TUTORIAL 8

SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS

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A calculator should NOT be used on the 4
following questions.
2x + Sy = 24
1
x + 4y = lS
3x - 5y = - 1 1 If (x, y) satisfies the system of equations above,
=
x 1 - 3y what is the value of x + y ?
What is the solution (x, y) to the system of A) 7
equations above? B) 8
A) ( -S, 2) C) 9
B) (-2, 1 ) D) 10
C) (1, 0)
D) (4, - 1 )
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2 3x + y = -2x + 8
.. -3x + 2y = - 10
y + 2x = 20 If ( x, y) is a solution to the system of equations
6x - Sy = 12 above, what is the value of xy?
What is the solution ( x, y) to the system of A) -16
equations above? B) -8
A) ( - 7, 6) C) -4
B) (-6, 7) D) 4
C) (6, 7)
D) (7, 6)

3x - 4y 21 =

4x - 3y = 14
If ( x, y) is a solution to the system of equations
above, what is the value of y - x?
A) - 1 8
B ) -S
C) 5
D) 8

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y = x2 + 1 2x - 4y = 8
y=x-1 x + 2y = 4

y How many solutions ( x, y ) are there to the

system of equations above?
A) Zero
B) One
C) Two
D) More than two

2x - Sy = a
A system of two equations and their graphs in bx + 10y = -8
the xy-plane are shown above. How many
solutions does the system have? In the system of equations above, a and b are
A) Zero constants. If the system has infinitely many
solutions, what is the value of a?
B) One
C) Two A) -4
D) Three B) 41
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• C) 4
7 D) 16
-Sx = y + 2
2(2x - 1 ) = 3 - 3y 10

What is the solution ( x, y ) to the system of ax + 2y = 5

equations above? 3x - 6y = 20
A) (-2, 8)
B) ( - 1 , 3 ) In the system of equations above, a is a constant.
If the system has one solution, which of the
C) ( 1, -7 ) following can NOT be the value of a?
D) ( 3, - 1 7 ) A) - 1
B) 43
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C) 1
D) 3

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4x - -3 y = -8 3x - 6y = 15
-2x + 4y =-10
y 4x + 16
=

How many solutions (x, y) are there to the

What is the solution (x, y) to the system of system of equations above?
equations above? A) Zero
A) ( -2, 8) B) One
B) ( - 1, 12) C) Two
C) (1, 20) D) More than two
D) (3, 28) Bl'
m
12 15

y = O.Sx + 14 mx - 6y 10=

x - y - 18
= 2 x - ny = 5
According to the system of equations above, In the system of equations above, m and n are
what is the value of y? constants. If the system has infinitely many
solutions, what is the value of mn ?

A) 121
B) 31-

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C) 43
D) 3
3x - (/ 4
1 1 =

16
6x - ay 8 =

In the system of equations above, a is a constant. y = vfx + 3

If the system has no solution, what is the value J4X - y = 3
of a?
A) 31 If (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations
above, what is the value of y?
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B) 1
C) 3
D) 6

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A local supermarket sells jelly in small, medium, B
mand large jars. Sixteen small jars weigh as much
as two medium jars and one large jar. Four small
jars and one medium jar have the same weight
as one large jar. How many small jars have the
weight of one large jar?
A) 7
B) 8 A game of darts rewards points depending on
which region is hit. There are two regions, A and
C) 9 B, as shown above. James throws 3 darts, hitting
D) 10 region A once and region B twice, for a total of
1 8 points. Oleg also throws 3 darts, but hits
regions A twice and region B once for a total of
21 points. How many points are rewarded for
hitting region B once?
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On a math test with 30 questions, 5 points are A restaurant has two types of tables, rectangular
rewarded for each correct answer and 2 points ones that can each seat 4 people and circular
are deducted for each incorrect answer. If James tables that can each seat 8 people. If 144 people
answered all the questions and scored 59 points, are enough to fill all 30 tables at the restaurant,
solving which of the following systems of how many rectangular tables does the restaurant
equations gives his number of correct answers, have?
x, and his number of incorrect answers, y, on the A) 1 2
math test?
B) 16
x + y = 59 C ) 20
A)
Sx - 2y = 30 D) 24

B) x + y = 30
Sx + 2y = 59
C) x + y = 30
2x - Sy = 59
D) x + y = 30
Sx - 2y = 59

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 PRACTICE: SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS

Easy 4x - 2y + 3 = 8
3x + 6 y = 8 y - x + 5
x + y = 29
x + 2y = l 2 4. How many solutions does the system
of equations shown above have?
1 . If the ordered pair (x, y) is the solution to
the system of equations above, what is the A) 0
value of y? B) 1
A) -17 C) 2
B) 12 D) Infinitely many
C) 46
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D) 75 g
5. An office has 27 employees. If there are
seven more women than men in the
y office, how many employees are men?

2. The graph of a system of linear equations

is shown above. If the ordered pair
(x, y) represents the solution to this M ed i u m
system, what is the value of x - y? Q
A) -4 g
6. Th e total fare fo r two adults and three
children on an excursion boat is $ 14. If
B) -2 each child's fare is one-half of each adult's
C) 2 fare, what is the total cost for one adult
and one child?
D) 4
A) $4.00
3. If Sb = 6a + 1 6 and 9a = 7b - 20, then B) $5.25
what is the value of 3a - 2b?
Q A) -8
C) $6.00

tm B) -4
D) $6.50

C) 4
D) 8

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 1 10. In addition to the standard airfare, a par­
y = -x + 4
5 Q ticular airline charges passengers for two
3 GD kinds of travel services: $25 to check a bag
y = -x - 4 and $ 1 5 to upgrade to priority boarding.
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If the airline collected $3,065 in baggage
7. If the ordered pair (x, y) satisfies the sys­
Q tern of equations above, what is the value
and priority boarding fees from 1 45 travel

GD of y?
services on two flights combined, which
of the following systems of equations
A) 0 could be used to determine the number of
B) 7 bags checked ( b) and the number of prior­
C) 10 ity boarding upgrades (p) purchased on
the two flights?
D) 11
A) b + p = 145 x 2
2x - 3y = - 3 25b + 1 5p = 3, 065 x 2
- 1 2 = -4x + y
B) b + p = 1 45
8. In what quadrant will the lines represented 25b + 1 5p = 3, 065
Q by the equations above intersect?
GD A) Quadrant I C) b + p = l45
1 5b + 25p = 3 , 065
B) Quadrant II
145
C) Quadrant III D) b+p=
2 3, 065
D) Quadrant IV 1 5b + 25p = --

9. If 1 Oa = 6b + 7 and a - 6b = 34, then

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what is the value of - -a ?
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A) -1
B) 1
41
C)
27
41
D)
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1 1 . The most popular items at a bakery are its 1 3 . A street vendor sells two types of news­
Q raspberry scones and its lemon poppy seed Q papers, one for $0.25 and the other for
GiJ muffins. The shop sells both items in boxes GiJ $0.40. If she sold 1 00 newspapers for
of 12 at a cost of $ 1 5 per box of raspberry $28.00, how many newspapers did she sell
scones and $9 per box of lemon poppy at $0.25?
seed muffins. On Friday and Saturday, the
shop earned $396 by selling a total of
46 boxes of these two items. If r and l
represent the number of boxes of raspberry
scones and lemon poppy seed muffins
sold over the two-day period, respectively,
which of the following systems of equations
could be used to find the number of boxes
of each type of item sold?
A) x + y = -6
r + l = 46
1 5r + 91 = 396 y - 4x = 4

B) r + l = 12 x 46 14. If the ordered pair (x, y) satisfies the sys­

1 5 r + 91 = 396 tem of equations shown above, what is the
value of xy?
C) r + l = 46
396
1 5 r + 9l = -

D) r + l = 46 x 12
396
1 5r + 91 =
12

1 2 . Tricia manages a health bar and wants

Q to add a new fruit-and-protein smoothie
GiJ to the menu. To decide on the first new
H a rd
flavor she plans to offer, Tricia sold
trial-sized banana smoothies and kiwi 4x + 7y = 24
smoothies. She charged $2 for a banana
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smoothie and $2.50 for a kiwi smoothie, 6x + - y = g
2
and she sold 40 in all, totaling $87. How
much more money did Tricia make on 1 5 . In the system of equations above, g is a
the banana smoothies than the kiwi constant. If the system has infinitely many
smoothies? solutions, what is the value of g?
A) $12 A) 16
B) $17 B) 32
C) $26 C) 3 6
D) $52 D) 72

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1 6. A small office supply store sells paper clips l lx - 24y = 8
Q in packs of 100 and packs of 250. If the kx - 36y = 5
Iii store has 84 packs of paper clips in stock
totaling 1 2,300 paper clips, how many 1 9 . In the system of equations above, k is a
paper clips would a customer buy if he Q constant. If the system has no solution,
buys half of the packs of 250 that the store Iii what is the value of k?
has in stock?
A) 2,900
B) 3,250
C) 5,800
D) 6,500

1 7. In a college art class, 76 students are

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g
painting a mural on one wall of the
campus amphitheater. The wall has been
divided into 23 sections, and each section
20. Two moonflower vines are growing on a
will be painted by a group of either 2 or 4
students. How many more sections will be
Q trellis in Mallory's backyard. She bought
painted by a group of 4 students than by a Iii the first vine when it was 1 1 inches long
and found that it grows at a rate of
group of 2 students?
0.25 inches per day. Exactly 20 days later,
A) 6 Mallory bought the second vine, which
B) 7 started at 24 inches long and has a growth
C) 8 rate of 0. 1 2 5 inches per day. How many
days will Mallory have had the first vine
D) 9
when the lengths of the two vines are the
5 7 3 same?
-x + -y = -
8 2 2
1 2
-x - - y = l
6 3

1 8 . If the ordered pair (x, y) satisfies the sys­

tem of equations above, what is the sum of
the values of x and y?
5
A)
24
5
B)
2
29
C)
8
33
D)
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 INEQUALITIES

A calculator is allowed on the following 3

questions.
y
1

Which of the following is a solution to the

inequality - x - 4 > 4x 1 4? -

A) - 1
B) 2
C) 5
D) 8

Which of the following systems of inequalities

2 could be the one graphed in the xy-plane above?
A) y > 3
If �x - 4> � x - 10, which of the following y> x
must be true?
B) y< 3
A) x< 24
y<x
B) x > 24
C) x< -24 C) y< 3
D) x > -24 y> x

D) y > 3
y<x

Jerry estimates that there are m marbles in a jar.

Harry, who knows the actual number of marbles
in the jar, notes that the actual number, n, is
within 10 marbles (inclusive) of Jerry's estimate.
Which of the following inequalities represents
the relationship between Jerry's estimate and the
actual number of marbles in the jar?
A) n + 10 S m S n 10-

B) m 10 S n S m + 10
-

C) nsms lOn
m
D) -< n< lOm
10 - -

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A manufacturer produces chairs for a retail store y

according to the formula, M = 12P + 100, where

M is the number of units produced and P is the
retail price of each chair. The number of units
sold by the retail store is given by
N = - 3 P + 970, where N is the number of units x

sold and P is the retail price of each chair. What

are all the values of P for which the number of
units produced is greater than or equal to the
number of units sold?
A) P 2 58 The graph in the xy -plane above could represent
B) P :S 58 which of the following systems of inequalities?
C) p 2 55 A) y 2 3
D) P :S 55 y::::: -3

B) y :S 3
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y:;:=: -3
If n is an integer and 3 (n 2) > -4(n - 9), what
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C) x 2 3
is the least possible value of n?
x::::: -3

D) x :S 3
x 2 -3

To get to work, Harry must travel 8 miles by bus

and 1 6 miles by train everyday. The bus travels
at an average speed of x miles per hour and the
train travels at an average speed of y miles per
hour. If Harry's daily commute never takes more
than 1 hour, which of the following inequalities
represents the possible average speeds of the bus
and train during the commute?
8 16
A) -+-:S l
x y
16 8
B) -+-:S l
x y
x y
C) -+-<1
8 16 -
D) Bx+ l6y :S 1

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An ice cream distributor contracts out to two 3

different companies to manufacture cartons of Y>
--2
x+2
ice cream. Company A can produce 80 cartons y :::; - 2x - 5
each hour and Company B can produce 1 40
cartons each hour. The distributor needs to fulfill Which of the following graphs in the xy -plane
an order of over 1 ,100 cartons in 10 hours of could represent the system of inequalities above?
contract time. It contracts out x hours to
A)
Company A and the remaining hours to
Company B. Which of the following inequalities
gives all possible values of x in the context of
this problem?
80
A) + � > 1, 100
x 10 - x
B) 140x+ 80(10 - x) > 1, 100 B)
C) 80x+ 1 40(10 - x) > 1, 100
D) 80x+ 1 40(x - 10) > 1 , 100

C)

D)

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y> 15x+a If k :S: x :S: 3k+ 12, which of the following must
y< 5x+b be true?
I. x - 12 :s: 3k
In the system of inequalities above, a and b are II. k 2 -6
constants. If (1, 20) is a solution to the system, III. x -k 2 0
which of the following could be the value of
b-a? A) I only
B) I and II only
A) 6
C) II and III only
B) 8
D) I, II, and III
C) 10
D) 12
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12 20 9 .
If -3 <-2x+4< -2, what is one possible
.

Tina works no more than 30 hours at a nail salon value of x - 2 ?

each week. She can do a manicure in 20 minutes
and a pedicure in 30 minutes. Each manicure
earns her $25 and each pedicure earns her $40,
and she must earn at least $900 to cover her
expenses. If during one week, she does enough
manicures m and pedicures p to cover her
expenses, which of the following systems of
inequalities describes her working hours and her 15
earnings?
A) 3m + 2p :S: 30 Joyce wants to create a rectangular garden that
25m + 40p 2 900 has an area of at least 300 square meters and a
perimeter of at least 70 meters. If the length of
B) 2m+3p :S: 30 the garden is x meters long and the width is y
meters long, which of the follow systems of
25m + 40p 2 900
inequalities represents Joyce's requirements?
C) m p A) xy 2 70
+ 30
3 2 :s: x + y 2 300
25m+40p 2 900
B) xy 2 150
D) m x+y 2 70
+E - 900
3 2>
25m+40p :S: 30 C) xy 2 300
x +y 2 70

D) xy 2 300
x+y 2 35

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If a< b, which of the following must be true?

I. a2< b2
II. 2a< 2b
III. -b< - a
A) Ilonly
B) I and II only
C) II and III only
D) I, II, and III

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 PRACTICE: INEQUALITY

Easy 4. Yasmine is a pharmaceutical sales

t:J representative. Her firm gives her a
1 . Which of the following gives all values ofj a weekly allowance of $300 to spend on
that satisfy the inequality 3 j - 4 S 6 j + 1 1? lunches with physicians and their office
A) j S -5 staffs. A restaurant from which Yasmine
often buys the lunches charges $7 for a
B) j '2 -5
cold dish and $ 1 1 for a hot dish, including
C) jS5 drinks. If each meal is subject to a 5.75%
D) j '2 5 sales tax, which of the following inequali­
ties represents the number of cold dishes
(c) and hot dishes (h) that Yasmine can
purchase for sales-related lunches in one
2. Which of the following numbers is not a week, assuming she purchases all the
solution to the inequality 6x - 9 '2 7 x - 5 ? lunches from this restaurant?
A) -8 A) 7c + l lh S 1 .0575(300)
B) -5 B) 7c + l lh '2 1 .0575(300)
C) -4 C) l .0575 ( 7 c + l lh ) S 300
D) -2 D) l .0575 ( 7 c + l lh ) '2 300

5 1 1 3
5 . If - < - x - - y < - , then what i s one
6 2 2 2
t:J
3. To take the neighbor's children to the possible value of x - y?

Iii movies, Mellie charges $5 for gas and $8

per hour spent with the children. Ron
charges $3 for gas and $8.50 per hour
spent with the children. If h represents the
number of hours spent with the children,
what are all the values of h for which Ron's
total charge is greater than Mellie's total
charge?
A) h<3
B) 3<hS4
Med i u m
C) 4Sh<5
6. What i s the least possible integer value for
D) h>4
t:Jwhich 40% of that integer is greater than
1119.6?
A) 4
B) 12
C) 20
D) 25

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7. Body mass index (BMI) is a compari­ 9. A math teacher decides to create several
J:l son of a person's body mass to his or her J:lpractice tests for her students before they
GD height. A high BMI can be an indicator GD take the SAT. She wants to make some
of high body fat, which can lead to health non-calculator tests and some calcula­
problems. According to the American tor tests so that her students will be able
Heart Association, an adult is under­ to practice both. She figures that each
weight if his or her BMI is less than 1 8 . 5 , non-calculator test will take her 3 hours
o r overweight if i t is greater than o r equal to create, and each calculator test will
to 25.0. Which of the following number take 4 hours to create. If she is willing to
lines could be used to model a healthy devote at most 6 hours per week of her
BMI range for an adult? time for the next 5 weeks to create the
practice tests, and she wants to provide at
A) least 8 practice tests, which of the follow­
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
ing systems of inequalities can help her
B) determine how many of each type of test
1 7 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
she can create?
-+----+<: I I I I I I • I I
C) 1 7 1 8 1 9 20 2 1 22 23 24 25 26 27
• A) n+c�8
3 n + 4c S 6
D)
17 1 8 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 B) n+c�8
3 n + 4c S 30

2(4k + 1 ) k(6 + 5 ) - 3 C) n+cS8

>
- 3 n + 4c � 30
3 2
8. Which of the following correctly D) n+c�6
describes the possible values of k in the 3 n + 4c S 8
inequality above?
A) k s -1
B) k � -1

�
C) kS
17

�
D) k�
17

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1 2 . If - - < -2m + 1 < - - , what is the great-
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· : : : : A : : : : ":/ est possible integer value of the expression

. . .. . . . ,,
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lOm - 5 ?
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y >x
3y :5; -4x + 6 .,,
.
B A) 6
B) 7
C) 10
D) 12

1 0 . A system of inequalities and the corre­

sponding graph are shown above. Which 1 8,000 + x ::; 72,000
part of the graph could represent all of the
solutions to the system? 1 3 . The federal interstate weight limit for

Q a particular four-axle transfer truck is

ml 1 8,000 pounds per axle. The cab (front) of
A) A
B) B the truck weighs 1 1 ,000 pounds, and the
C) C trailer of the truck, when empty, weighs
D) D 7,000 pounds. The inequality above
represents the legally permissible weight
1 1 . A housing down payment is money that a range for this truck when travelling on
an interstate. What does the value 1 8,000
Q prospective buyer provides up front when
ml purchasing a home and is usually a per- represent in the inequality?
cent of the purchase price of the home. A A) The weight of the truck when fully
lender typically requires private mortgage loaded
insurance (PMI) when the buyer's down
B) The weight of the truck when the
payment is less than 20% of the purchase
trailer is empty
price. To secure a mortgage, buyers also
C) The maximum weight allowed per axle
need to have additional cash on hand
for closing costs and prepaid property D) The maximum weight of the cargo
tax. Suppose a buyer wants to purchase being transported
a $375,000 house and must have $7,200
on hand for closing costs and property
tax. Which of the following inequalities
represents the total funds if) the buyer
must have on hand to secure the mortgage
without having to pay PMI?
A) f :5; 0.2(375,000) + 7,200
B) f � 0.2(375,000) + 7,200
C) f :5; 0.2(375,000 + 7,200)
D) f � 0.2(375,000 + 7,200)

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14. A construction company prepares an H a rd
Q estimate to install a new pool for a home­
g owner. The estimate includes h hours of 16. The earth is made up of four primary
labor, where h > 80. The company's goal Q layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle,
is for the estimate to be within 8 hours a and crust. The outer core is more than 800
of the actual number of hours of labor. If miles and less than 2,200 miles from the
the company meets the goal and it takes Earth's center. Which of the following
a hours of actual labor, which inequality inequalities represents all possible dis­
represents the relationship between the tances, d, in miles, from the Earth's center
estimated number of hours of labor and that are in the outer core?
the actual number of hours of labor? A) l d + 800 1 < 2, 200
A) a+h�8 B) I d - 8001 < 2, 200
B) a ?. h + 8 C) I d + 1, 500 1 < 700
C) a�h-8 D) Id - 1, 5001 < 700
D) -8 � a - h � 8
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15. Margo can peel and slice at least 1 0 dozen
Q apples per hour and at most 1 5 dozen II I
GD apples per hour. Based on this informa-
tion, what is a possible amount of time,
in hours, that it could take Margo to peel
and slice 60 dozen apples? III IV

CD CD 1 7. If the system of inequalities given by

x + 3y � 1 2 and 2x - 3y � -3 is graphed
on the coordinate plane above, which
quadrant of the plane contains no solu­
tions to the system?
A) Quadrant I
B) Quadrant IV
C) Quadrants I and IV
D) Quadrants III and IV

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 y < x + k,
y > 2x + k
2
19. Suppose that on a coordinate plane, (O, O)
is a solution to the system of inequalities
given above. Which of the following con­
clusions about k, and k2 must be true?
A) k1 < k2
B) k < k1
Temperature (K) 2
C) l , I < l k2 I
k
18. A phase diagram shows the tempera­ D ) k1 = - k
2
Q tures and pressures at which a chemical
GD substance exists in a certain phase (solid, 20. The variables x and y represent numbers
liquid, or gas). A sample phase diagram Q for which the statements x - y > 300 and
for a fictional substance is shown in the GD 2:'_
= 0.625 are true. What is the smallest
figure, where T is temperature in Kelvin x
and P is pressure in atmospheres. Where integer that x can equal?
on the diagram a certain temperature and
pressure combination falls determines the
state(s) in which the substance exists. For
example, if a certain temperature-pressure
pairing falls in the gas area (but not on the
line segment between gas and liquid), the
substance exists only as a gas. However, if
the temperature-pressure pairing is on the
line segment between gas and liquid, the
substance exists as both a gas and a liquid.
Assuming T > 0 and P > 0, which of the
following systems of inequalities could
be used to describe the temperature and
pressure ranges in which this substance
exists only as a liquid?
17 5 460
A) P < - T - 1, 860; P > - T--
2 18 9
17 5 460
B) P > - T - 1, 860; P < - T - -
2 18 9
17 11 460
C) P < - T - 1, 860; P > - T - -
2 200 9
D) P :?'. _!2_ T - 1, 860; p� __!_.!.__ T - 460
2 200 9

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 HOMEWORK: INEQUALITY
LESSON 3•8 TUNE-UP EXERCISES

M u ltiple-Choice
1 . What is the largest integer value of 5. Which of the following numbers is NOT a
p that satisfies the inequality 4 + 3p < p + 1? solution of the inequality 7 - 5x .,::; -3(x 5)?
-

(A) -2 (A) -5
(B) -1 (B) -4
(C) 0 (C) -2
(D) 1 (D) 1
(E) 2
6. Tamara has a cell phone plan that charges
2. If -3 < 2x + 5 < 9, which of the following $0.07 per minute plus a monthly fee of
CANNOT be a possible value of x? $19.00. She budgets $29.50 per month for
total cell phone expenses without taxes.
(A) -2 What is the maximum number of minutes
(B) -1 Tamara could use her phone each month in
(C) 0
order to stay within her budget?
(D) 2
(A) 150
3. Roger is having a picnic for 78 guests. He (B) 271
plans to serve each guest at least one hot (C) 421
dog. If each package, p, contains eight hot (D) 692
dogs, which inequality could be used to
determine the number of packages of hot 7. What is the solution of 3(2m 1) .,::; 4m + 7?
-

dogs Roger must buy?

(A) m ?. 5
(A) E ?. 78 (B) m .,::; 5
8 (C) m ?. 4
(B) 8p ?. 78 (D) m .,::; 4
(C) 8 + p ?. 78
(D) 78 - p ?. 8 8. An online music club has a one-time
registration fee of $13.95 and charges $0.49
4. Peter begins his kindergarten year able to to buy each song. If Emma has $50.00 to join
spell 10 words. He is going to learn to spell 2 the club and buy songs, what is the
new words every day. Which inequality can maximum number of songs she can buy?
be used to determine how many days, d, it
takes Peter to be able to spell at least 85 (A) 73
words? (B) 74
(C) 130
(A) 2d + 10 ?. 85 (D) 131
(B) 20d .,::; 85
(C) (d + 2) + 10 ?. 85
(D) 2d - 10 .,::; 85

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 9. The ninth grade class at a local high school 12. Guy is paid $185 per week plus 3% of his
needs to purchase a park permit for $250.00 total sales in dollars, and Jim is paid $275
for their upcoming class picnic. Each ninth per week plus 2.5% of his total sales in
grader attending the picnic pays $0. 75. Each dollars. If d represents the dollar amount of
guest pays $ 1 .25. If 200 ninth graders attend sales for each person, which inequality
the picnic, which inequality can be used to represents the amount of sales for which
determine the number of guests, x, needed Guy is paid more than Jim?
to cover the cost of the permit?
(A) d > 18,000
(A) 0.75x - (1 .25) (200) 2 250.00 (B) d < 18,000
(B) 0.75x + (1 .25) (200) 2 250.00 (C) d > 12,500
(C) (0.75) (200) - l .25x 2 250.00 (D) d < 12,500
(D) (0.75) (200) + l .25x 2 250.00
13. Connor wants to attend the town carnival.
10. If 2(x - 4) 2 .!.(5 - 3x) and x is an integer, The price of admission to the carnival is
2 $4.50, and each ride costs an additional 79
what is the smallest possible value of x2 ? cents. If he can spend at most $16.00 at the
carnival, which inequality can be used to
(A) 1 solve for r, the number of rides Connor can
4
(B) 1 go on, and what is the maximum number of
(C) 4 rides he can go on?
(D) 9 (A) 0.79 + 4.50r .::; 16.00; 3 rides
(B) 0.79 + 4.50r .::; 16.00; 4 rides
1 1 . Edith tutors after school for which she gets (C) 4.50 + 0.79r .::; 16.00; 14 rides
paid at a rate of $20 an hour. She has also (D) 4.50 + 0.79r .::; 16.00; 15 rides
accepted a job as a library assistant that pays
$15 an hour. She will work both jobs, but she 14. For how many integer values of b is b + 3 > 0
is able to work no more than a total of 1 1 and 1 > 2b - 9?
hours a week, due to school commitments.
Edith wants to earn at least $185 a week (A) Four
working a combination of both jobs. Which (B) Five
inequality can be used to represent the (C) Six
situation? (D) Seven
(E) Eight
185 > 15
(A) 20(l l + x) + -
x
(B) 20x + 15(1 1 - x) > 185
185 > 20
(C) 15(1 1 - x) + -
x
(D) 15x + 20(1 1 + x) > 185

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Grid-In
1. For what integer value of y is y + 5 > 8 and 6. Chris rents a booth at a flea market at a cost
2y - 3 < 7? of $75 for one day. At the flea market Chris
sells picture frames each of which costs him
2. If 2 times an integer x is increased by 5, the
$6.00. If Chris sells each picture frame for
result is always greater than 16 and less than
$13, how many picture frames must he sell
29. What is the least value of x?
to make a profit of at least $200 for that day?
3. If 2 < 20x - 13 < 3, what is one possible value
7. An online electronics store must sell at least
for x?
$2,500 worth of printers and monitors per
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
- + - - - + - < - - - + - + -
day. Each printer costs $125 and each
7 8 9 10 8 9 10 n monitor costs $225. The store can ship a
4. For the above inequality, what is the greatest maximum of 15 items per day. What is the
possible positive integer value of n? maximum number of printers it can ship
5. Chelsea has $45 to spend at an amusement each day?
park. She spends $20 on admission and $15 5 < 1 1x< 3
on snacks. She wants to play a game that 3 2 3 2
-- - - - - -

costs $0.65 per game. What is the maximum 8. For the inequality above, what is a possible
number of times she can play the game? value of x - 3?

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 MORE HOMEWORK
LESSON 3·11 TUNE-UP EXERCISES

M u ltiple-Choice
4x + 6y 12
= 4. The graph of the inequality y � 2x will
y = B - kx include all of the points in which quadrant?
1 . For what value of k does the system of (A) Quadrant I
equations above have no solution? (B) Quadrant II
(C) Quadrant III
(A) 3
2 (D) Quadrant IV
(B) 0
1 - -y
-x 5 =5
(C) 2 2 6
3
(D) 4 -2x + ky = 3
5. In the system of linear equations above, k is
2. Sara correctly solves a system of two linear a constant. If the system has no solution,
equations and finds that the system has no what is the value of k?
solution. If one of the two equations is
I - � = l, which could be the other equation (A) 5
6 4 3
in this system? (B) 5
2
2 + l2
(A) y = -x (C) 10
3 3
3
(B) y = -x (D) �
2 2
3
(C) y = --x
2 6. The graph of a line in the xy-plane has slope
3
(D) y = -x + 6 _.!:_ and contains the point (0, 7) . The graph of
2 2
a second line passes through the points
3. Ben correctly solves a system of two linear (0, 0) and (- 1, 3) . If the two lines intersect at
equations and finds that the system has an the point (r, s) , what is the value of r + s?
infinite number of solutions. If one of the
two equations is 3(x + y) 6 - x, which could (A) -3
(B) -2
=

be the other equation in this system?

(C) 2
3 +2
(A) y = -X (D) 4
4
(B) y = - -4 x
3
(CJ y = - 34 x + 2

(D) y = - 34 x + 6

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 y+x>2
y � 3x - 2
7. Which graph shows the solution of the set of
inequalities above?
y y

x x

G raph A G raph B

y y

Graph C G raph D

(A) Graph A
(B) Graph B
(C) Graph C
(D) Graph D

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 y y

II

Ill IV

1 0 . I f the system o f inequalities y < 2x + 4 and

2y < x
y :::: -x + 1 is graphed in the xy-plane above
y :::: 3x + 1 which quadrant does not contain any
solutions to the system?
8. A system of inequalities and a graph are
shown above. Which region or regions of the (A) Quadrant I
graph could represent the set of all ordered (B) Quadrant II
pairs that satisfy the system? (C) Quadrant III
(D) Quadrant IV
(A) Region X
(B) Regions X and Z
(C) Regions X, Y, and W
(D) Region Z

3x + 5 = 2y

x y 2
- + - = -

3 2 3

9. For the system of equations above, which of

the following statements is true?

(A) The system has no solution.

(B) The graphs of the equations in the
xy-plane intersect at right angles.
(C) The graphs of the equations in the
xy-plane intersect but not at right
angles.
(D) The system has infinitely many
solutions.

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Grid-In
6x + py = 2 1 1 + 4s = 1
-r
qx + Sy = 7 3
kr + 6s = - 5
1 . If the above system of equations has
infinitely many solutions, what is the value 3 . In the system of equations above, k and s
are nonzero constants. If the system has no
of p_ ? solutions, what is the value of k?
q

1 =4 4. The graph of a line in the xy-plane passes

(k - l)x + -y through the points (5, -5) and (1, 3) . The
3
k(x + 2y) = 7 graph of a second line has a slope of 6 and
passes through the point (-1, 15) . If the two
2. In the system of linear equations above, k is lines intersect at (p, q) , what is the value
a constant. If the system has no solution, of p + q?
what is the value of k?

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 I AM NOT GOOD AT MENTAL MATH
LESSON 3·7 TUNE·UP EXERCISES

Multiple-Choice
1 . If 2x - 3y = 1 1 and 3x + 15 = 0, what is the 5. If x - y = 3 and x + y = 5, what is the value
value of y? ofy?
(A) -7 (A) -4
(B) -5 (B) -2
(C) 1 (C) -1
3 (D) 1
(D) 3
6. If 5x + y = 19 and x - 3y = 7, then x + y =
2. If 2a = 3b and 4a + b = 2 1 , then b =
(A) -4
(A) 1 (B) -1
(BJ 3 (C) 3
(C) 4 (DJ 4
(D) 7
7. If x - 9 = 2y and x + 3 = 5y, what is the value
3. If 2p + q = 1 1 and p + 2 q = 13, then p + q = of x?
(A) 6 (A) -2
(B) 8 (B) 4
(C) 9 (C) 11
(D) 12 (D) 17

2(x + y) = 3y + 5 8. If 1 + 1 1 and 1 1 3 , then x =

- - = - - - - = -

3x + 2y = -3 x y 4 x y 4
4. Which equivalent equation could be used to (A) _!_4
solve the system of equations above?

( � Y ) + 2y = -3
(A) 3 5
(B) _!_
2
(C) 2
(B) 3 ( % - y ) + 2y = -3 (D) 4
(C) 3x + 2(2x - 5) = -3
(D) 3x + 2(5 - 2x) = -3 9. If 5a + 3b = 35 and � 3., what is the value
=
b 5
of a?

(A) 14
5
(B) 7_
2
(C) 5
(D) 7

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 15. If 3x + y = c and x + y = b, what is the value of
10. If � = 6, 1'.. = 4, and x = 36, what is x in terms of c and b?
y w
the value of w? (A) c - b
--

3
(A) 1 (B) c - b
2 --

2
(B) � (C) b - c
2 --

3
CC) 2 b - c
(D) 4 (D)
2
1 1. If 4r + 7 s = 23 and r - 2s = 17 then 16. If a + b = 1 1 and a - b = 7, then ab =
3r + 3s =
(A) 6
(A) 8 (B) 8
(B) 24 (C) 10
(C) 32 (D) 18
(D) 40
x-z=7
12. If P - q = 3 and rp - rq = 12, then r = x+y=3
2
z-y = 6
(A) -1
(B) 1 17. For the above system of three equations, x =
(C) 2 (A) 5
(D) 4 (B) 6
(C) 7
13. If (a + b)2 = 9 and (a - b)2 = 49, what is the (D) 8
value of a2 + b2?
(A) 17 a = 4c
(B) 20 c = re
(C) 29 a = Se
(D) 58
18. For the system of equations above, if e -:ft 0,
3x - y = 8 - x what is the value of r?
6x + 4y = 2y - 9 (A) 1
20
14. For the system of equations above, what is
the value of the product xy? (B) 4
5
(A) -3 (C) �
(B) -2 4
(C) 2 (D) 1
(D) 3

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19. During the next football season, a player's Food Protein Calories
earnings, x, will be 0.005 million dollars
more than those of a teammates' earnings, y. Cereal 5g 90
The two players will earn a total of 3.95 Milk 8g 80
milion dollars. Which system of equations
-

could be used to determine the amount each 20. The table above shows the number of grams
player will earn, in millions of dollars? of protein and the number of calories in
single servings of bran flakes cereal and
(A) x + y 3.95
=

milk. How many servings of each are needed

x + 0.005 y =

to get a total of 35 grams of protein and 4 70

(B) x 3.95 y
- = calories?
y + 0.005 x =

(A) 2 servings of milk; 4 servings of cereal

(C) y 3.95 x
- = . o f m1" lk; 2-1 servmgs
(B) 2 -1 servmgs .
x + 0.005 y = 2 2
of cereal
(D) x + y 3.95
(C) 3 servings of milk; 2 _!_ servings of
=

y + 0.005 x =
2
cereal
(D) 2 _!_ servings o f milk; 3 servings of
2
cereal

Grid-In
1. If 5 sips + 4 gulps 1 glass and 13 sips + 7
= 1 - -s
-r 1
= 8
gulps 2 glasses, how many sips equal a
= 2 3
gulp? 5 - -s
-r 1
= 29
8 4
2. When Amy exercises in her fitness center for
1 hour she burns a total of 475 calories. If 4. For the system of equations above, what is
she burns 9 calories a minute jogging on the the value of r + s?
treadmill and then burns 6.5 calories a 5. During its first week of business, a market
minute pedaling on the stationary bicycle, sold a total of 108 apples and oranges. The
how many minutes of the hour does she second week, five times the number of
spend exercising on the bicycle? apples and three times the number of
3. John and Sara each bought the same type of oranges were sold. A total of 452 apples and
pen and notebook in the school bookstore, oranges were sold during the second week.
which does not charge sales tax. John paid How rnany more apples than oranges were
$5.55 for two pens and three notebooks, and sold in the first week?
Sara paid $3.50 for one pen and two
notebooks. How much does the school
bookstore charge for one notebook?

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6. Jacob and Zachary go to the movie theater ·

and purchase refreshments for their friends.

Jacob spends a total of $ 18.25 on two bags of
popcorn and three drinks. Zachary spends a
total of $27 .50 for four bags of popcorn and
two drinks. What is the cost for purchasing
one bag of popcorn and one drink?

For Questions 7 and 8 refer to the

information below.

A mobile phone-based taxi service charges a

base fee of $2 plus an amount per minute
and an additional amount per mile for the
trip. Ariel is charged $16.94 for a ride that
takes 14 minutes and travels 10 miles.
Victoria is charged $ 1 1 .30 for a ride that
takes 10 minutes and travels 6 miles.

7. What is the per-minute charge?

8. What would be the charge for a ride that

takes 8 minutes and travels 5 miles?

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