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LESSON
Practice A
7.6 For use with pages 478–484

Tell whether the ordered pair is a solution of the system of inequalities.

1. (2, 1) 2. (23, 2) 3. (0, 21)

y y y
3

3 1
1
25 23 21 1 x
21
x 23 21 1 3 x
1 3 5
21

4. (22, 0) 5. (2, 4) 6. (22, 3)

y y y
3 3
3
1
1
25 23 1 x 21 1 3 x
21
21 1 3 x

23 23

Match the system of inequalities with its graph.

7. x 1 y ≥ 4 8. x 1 y ≤ 4 9. x 2 y ≥ 4
LESSON 7.6

x<2 x < 22 y>2

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10. y 1 x ≤ 4 11. x 2 y ≤ 4 12. y 1 x ≥ 4
y<2 x > 22 y < 22
A. y B. y C. y
6 10 6

22 2 6 10 x 26 22 2 6 x
22 2 22

26 2 6 x
26

D. y E. y F. y
6
6 2
2
26 2 6 x
2 22
22 2 6 10 x
26 22 6 x
22
26

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LESSON
Practice A continued
7.6 For use with pages 478–484

Graph the system of inequalities.

13. x > 21 14. y > 23 15. x ≥ 2
x<4 y≤0 y>0
y y y
3 3
3
1 1
1
23 21 1 3 x 23 21 1 3 x
21 21
23 21 1 3 x
21
23 23
23

16. x < 1 17. x > 0 18. y ≤ 3

y ≤ 22 y≤x y > 2x
y y y
3
3 3
1
1 1
23 21 1 3 x
21
23 21 1 3 x 23 21 1 3 x
21 21
23
23 23

19. Ordering Cups You work at an Italian ice shop during

y

LESSON 7.6
the summer. You need to order 5-ounce and 8-ounce cups. 9
The storage room will only hold 10 more boxes of cups.
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8
Boxes of 8-ounce cups

A box of 5-ounce cups costs $15 and a box of 8-ounce cups 7

costs $18. A maximum of $90 is budgeted for cups. 6
5
a. Let x represent the number of boxes of 5-ounce cups 4
and let y represent the number of boxes of 8-ounce cups. 3
Write a system of linear inequalities for the number of 2
cups that can be bought. 1
b. Graph the system of inequalities. 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x
c. Identify two possible combinations of cups you can buy. Boxes of 5-ounce cups

20. Studying You need at least 4 hours to do your science and y

Hours spent on history

history homework. It is 1:00 P.M. on Sunday and your friend 6

wants you to go to the movies at 7:00 P.M. 5
4
a. How much time do you have between now and 7:00 P.M. 3
to do your homework? 2
b. Let x represent the number of hours spent on science 1
homework and let y represent the number of hours spent 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
on history homework. Write and graph a system of linear Hours spent on science
inequalities that shows the number of hours you can work
on each subject if you go to the movies.
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 Lesson 7.5, continued

Review for Mastery 19. a. x 1 y ≤ 10 and 15x 1 18y ≤ 90

1. infinitely many solutions 2. no solution b. y c. Answers will
9
3. infinitely many solutions 4. one solution 8
vary.

Boxes of 8-ounce cups

7
5. one solution 6

ANSWERS
5
Challenge Practice 4
3
1 2
1. a 5 } 2. No value of a gives infinitely many
2 1
1 0
solutions. 3. a Þ }2 4. The number of solutions 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x
Boxes of 5-ounce cups

depends only on the value of c. 5. When c 5 4

20. a. 6 h
there are an infinite number of solutions. When
c Þ 4 there are no solutions. b. y

Hours spent on history

6
x1y<6
5
c1b2 2 c2b1 a1c2 2 a2c1
4
6. x 5 }; y 5 } x1y>4
a1b2 2 a2b1 a1b2 2 a2b1 3
b2 2
1
7. a1b2 Þ a2b1 8. a1b2 5 a2b1 and c2 Þ }c1
b1 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
b2 Hours spent on science
9. a1b2 5 a2b1 and c2 5 }c1
b1
Practice Level B
Lesson 7.6
1. yes 2. yes 3. no 4. B 5. A 6. C
Practice Level A 7. y
8. y
3
1. yes 2. no 3. yes 4. no 5. yes 6. yes
1 1
7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. F 12. E
23 3 x 23 21 1 3 x
21 21
13. y 14. 3
y

3 23 23
1
1 y y
23 21
21
1 3 x 9. 3
10.
23 1 3 x 3

1
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23 21 1 3 x
21 1 3 x
y y 21
15. 3
16. 3 23

1 1
11. y 12. 1
y
23 21 1 3 x 23 21 1 3 x
21 21 3
23 21 1 3 x
21
23 23 1
23
25 23 21 x
21
y y
17. 18.
13. y ≥ 24 and y < 1 14. x ≥ 24 and y < 23
3

1 1 15. y ≥ x 1 1 and x ≤ 0 16. y ≤ 4 2 x and y > 2

23 21 1 3 x 23 21
21
1 3 x 17. y ≤ x and y < 1 2 x
18. x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, and y ≤ x 1 2
23 23

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