Question 22·Easy·Linear Inequalities in One or Two Variables
A science club is assembling equipment kits. Let be the number of batteries and be the number of sensors in a kit. For safety, the kit must satisfy the constraint
where and are nonnegative integers.
Which ordered pair satisfies the constraint?
For questions asking which ordered pair satisfies a linear inequality, substitute each choice into the inequality and simplify. The correct point is the one that makes the inequality true (and also fits any stated restrictions, such as nonnegative values).
Hints
Compute the left-hand side
For each choice , calculate .
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A pair works only if the value you computed is .
Don’t forget the context
The problem states and are nonnegative integers, so negative values would not be allowed (even if they satisfied the inequality).
Desmos Guide
Enter the inequality
In Desmos, enter .
Add the nonnegativity constraints
Enter and to restrict to the first quadrant.
Plot the answer choices
Plot , , , and and see which point lies in the shaded solution region. The point that lies in the region is the answer.
Step-by-step Explanation
Substitute each choice into the inequality
Evaluate for each point:
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Choose the point that meets the constraint
The constraint requires . Only gives , which is allowed.
Therefore, the correct answer is .