An inequality<span> is a sentence with <, >, ≤, or ≥ as its verb. An example is 3x - 5 < 6 - 2x. To </span>solve<span> an inequality is to find all values of the variable that make the inequality true. Each of these numbers is a solution of the inequality, and the set of all such solutions is its </span>solution set<span>. Inequalities that have the same solution set are called equivalent inequalities.</span>
Answer:
Part A: 90; Part B: 24.
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of blueberry muffins is 40% of the total number of muffins.
Part A: There are 36 blueberry muffins. This is 40% of the unknown number of muffins, x; this gives us
36 = 0.4x
Divide both sides by 0.4:
36/0.4 = 0.4x/0.4
90 = x
There were 90 total muffins.
Part B: 40% of the total number of muffins, 60, gives us the unknown number of blueberry muffins:
0.4(60) = x
24 = x
There were 24 blueberry muffins.
D. 1/4 + 1/5 = 5/20 + 4/20 = 9/20 = 45/100 = 0.45
