"At least" refers to greater than or equal to (≥).
This is because "at least" means:
- it can't be less than
- it can be equal to
- it can be greater than
This is basically like saying no less than.
If you must have at least 10 oranges for some recipe, then you must have 10 oranges, but you can also have more.
"Twice the difference of a number and 8"
This means that 2 times a number minus 8.
This can be written as 2(w - 8), since w is unknown and it's the difference between w and 8.
The 2 is being multiplied by this because it's 2 times this difference.
"At least 26"
This means ≥ 26.
Now for the actual inequality.
"Twice the difference of a number and 8"
translates to 2(w - 8)
"is at least 26"
translates to ≥ 26
Now put them together.
2(w - 8) ≥ 26
So the answer is 2(w - 8) ≥ 26.
Hope this helps! :)
You set it up like:
5.4days x (24 hours/1 day) x (60 minutes/1 hour)
you get 7776 minutes
The <em>correct answers</em> are:
5x²+70x+245 ≥ 1050; and
Yes.
Explanation:
Let x be the width of the tablet. Since the width of the TV is 7 inches more than the tablet, the width of the TV would be x+7.
The length of the TV is 5 times the width; this makes the length 5(x+7) = 5x+35.
The area of the TV would be given by
(x+7)(5x+35).
Since Andrew wants the area to be at least 1050, we set the expression greater than or equal to 1050:
(x+7)(5x+35) ≥ 1050
Multiplying this, we have:
x*5x+x*35+7*5x+7*35 ≥ 1050
5x²+35x+35x+245 ≥ 1050
Combining like terms,
5x²+70x+245 ≥ 1050
To see if 8 is a reasonable width for the tablet, we substitute 8 for x:
5(8²)+70(8)+245 ≥ 1050
5(64)+560+245 ≥ 1050
320+560+245 ≥ 1050
1125 ≥ 1050
Since this inequality is true, 8 is a reasonable width.
Cause it’s -$75 he would have to put $75 to achieve a balance of $0