Solving Systems of Inequalities with Word Problems

Write the system of inequalities: Carlos works at a movie theater selling tickets. The theater has 300 seats and charges $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for children. The theater expects to make at least $2000 for each showing

• x + y ≤ 300
  7.5x + 5.5y ≥ 2000

• x + y < 300
  7.5x + 5.5y ≥ 2000

• x + y ≤ 300
  7.5x + 5.5y ≤ 2000

• x + y > 2000
  7.5x + 5.5y ≤ 300

Jonah is going to the store to buy candles. Small candles cost $3.50, and large candles cost $5.00. He needs to buy at least 20 candles and cannot spend more than $80. Write a system of linear inequalities that represents the situation.

Gabriela is the manager of a print shop. She needs to schedule employees to work no more than 300 person-hours per week. She has one 20 hour a week part-time employee. Each full-time employee works 40 hours per week. Which inequality will determine f, the number of full-time employees Gabriela can schedule to remain under the 300 person-hour per week limit?

Jasmine is helping her mom with a small vegetable patch. Tomato plants are selling for $4, and pepper plants are selling for $3. They don't want to spend more than $60.

Which combination of tomato plants and pepper plants will they be able to purchase?

• 10 tomato plants and 9 pepper plants

• 5 tomato plants and 15 pepper plants

• 12 tomato plants and 6 pepper plants

• 6 tomato plants and 11 pepper plants

Kate is selling bracelets and earrings on Etsy to make money for summer vacation. The bracelets (x) cost $2 and earrings (y) cost $3. She needs to make at least $120 to go on vacation, but has enough materials to make at most 25 earrings. Use the graph to determine which combination of bracelets and earrings Kate must sell to earn enough money for her vacation.

• Selling 20 bracelets and 30 earrings

• Selling 40 bracelets and 20 earrings

• Selling 30 bracelets and 10 earrings

• Selling 40 bracelets and 35 earrings

JoAnn likes her job as a baby-sitter, but it pays only $3 per hour. She has been offered a job as a tutor that pays $6 per hour. Because of school, her parents only allow her to work a maximum of 15 hours per week. How many hours can JoAnn tutor and baby-sit and still make at least $66 per week? How much does she make?

• b + t < 15
  3b + 6t > 66

• b + t > 15
  3b + 6t < 66

• 3b + 6t > 15
  b + t < 66

• 3b + 6t < 15
  b + t < 66

Homer sells tickets for admission to your school play and collects a total of $104. Admission prices are $6 for adults and $4 for children. He sold 21 tickets total. To solve, I graphed: x + y = 21 6x + 4y = 104 I got an intersection point at (10,11). What does that mean in context of the problem?

• There are 10 adults and 11 children.

• There are 11 adults and 10 children.

• The adults are $10 and the children are $11.

• There are 104 adults and 21 children.

Write the system of inequalities
Eiko is drawing caricatures at a fair for 8 hours (480 minutes). She can complete a small drawing in 15 minutes and charges $10 for the drawing. She can complete a larger drawing in 45 minutes and charges $25 for the drawing. Eiko hopes to make at least $200 at the fair. 

• 10x+15y≤480
  45x+25y≥250

• 10x+25y≤200
  15x+45y≤480

• 10x+25y>200
  15x+45y<480

• 10x+25y≥200
  15x+45y≤480

Cullin needs to save at least $100 for homecoming.  He works 2 jobs earning $8/hour at Culvers and $25/hour mowing lawns.  He only has time to work 14 hours before homecoming. 

• x + y  ≥ 25
  x + y ≤ 8

• 100x + 25 y ≤ 100
  2x + 8y ≤ 14

• x + y ≥ 100
  8x + 25y ≤ 14

• 8x + 25y ≥ 100
  x + y ≤ 14

Cole is doing a basketball challenge for charity. In order to win money for the charity, he needs to score at least 20 points in less than 10 shots. If x is the number of 2-point shots, and y is the number of three point shots, which inequalities below represent the situation?

• x + y < 10

  2x + 3y ≥ 20

• x + y ≤ 10

  2x + 3y ≥ 20

• x + y ≤ 10

  2x + 3y > 20

• x + y < 10

  2x + 3y > 20