Part 1: Use complete sentences to describe a real-world scenario that could be represented by the inequality 5x + 2y >/= 45.
Part 2: Choose one ordered pair that is a solution to the given inequality and explain what that ordered pair means in the context of your real-world scenario.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
You could say:
Part 1: I want to paint a floor of 45 m^2. For paint, I can buy big cans that will cover 5 m^2, and small cans that will cover 2 m^2 . But whatever I buy, it has to add up to minimally 45 m^2.
OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):
@AriPotta what @Freak7820 put is ok??
OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):
@Freak7820 what would be part 2
OpenStudy (aripotta):
yea, i think that'll work
OpenStudy (aripotta):
i would have said, i have to seat 45 people for a party. i have tables that can seat 5 and tables that can seat 2.
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OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):
What would part 2 be??
OpenStudy (aripotta):
(9,0)
OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):
explain what that ordered pair means in the context of your real-world scenario.
OpenStudy (aripotta):
oh ok, sorry i didn't see that
OpenStudy (aripotta):
that would mean i could use 9 tables that seat 5, and 0 tables that seat 2
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