Chapter 2.7 Group Word Problems
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER!!!
Directions: For each problem I need three things:
1. What each variable of the inequality represents
2. The written out inequality with the two variables
3. The correct graph of the inequality
A restaurant has only 15 eggs to last until the next delivery.
An order of scrambled eggs requires 2 eggs. An omelet
requires 3 eggs. Write an inequality to model all possible
combinations, or orders of scrambled eggs and omelets, the
restaurant can fill until more eggs arrive. Graph the
inequality.
Andrea is going to buy x lbs of pasta salad and y lbs of
chicken salad. Pasta salad costs $4 per pound and chicken
salad costs $6 per pound. Andrea has at most $28 dollars to
spend. Write and graph an inequality that represents the
combinations of the amounts of chicken salad and pasta
salad she could buy.
A salesperson sells two models of vacuum cleaners. One
brand sells for $150 each and the other sells for $200 each.
The sales person has a weekly sales goal of at least $1800.
Write and graph an inequality relating the revenue from the
vacuum cleaners to the sales goal.
If the sales person sold exactly six $200 models last
week, who many $150 models did she have to sell to
make her sales goal?