Answer:
There are 3,628,800 different ways for the runners to finish.
Step-by-step explanation:
Arrangments of x elements:
The number of possible arrangments of x elements is given by the following formula:
In this question:
10 different runners, which means that the number of different ways that there are for the runners to finish is an arrangment of 10 elements. So
There are 3,628,800 different ways for the runners to finish.
You want to isolate the x-term from the constant term, so you can subtract x/3 and add 10. This gives you
... 4/9x -10 -x/3 +10 > x/3 -12 -x/3 +10
... 1/9x > -2 . . . . . . collect terms
Now, you can multiply by 9 to see the condition on x.
... 9(1/9x) > -2(9)
... x > -18
On the x-y plane, the graph of this will be a dashed line at x=-18, and the half-plane to the right of that line will be shaded.
On a number line, there will be an open circle at x=-18, and the number line to the right of that circle will be marked (bold, colored, shaded, whatever).
