Question

A nursery needs to mature a tree to a certain height before it can be sold. Lamont created the inequality h≥14w+3.

Which statement correctly interprets Lamont's inequality?

1) The height of the tree when it is sold must be less than the growth of one-fourth of a foot per week, plus the initial height of 3 feet.
2) The height of the tree when it is sold must be greater than the growth of one-fourth of a foot per week, plus the initial height of 3 feet.
3) The height of the tree when it is sold must be less than or equal to the growth of one-fourth of a foot per week, plus the initial height of 3 feet.
4) The height of the tree when it is sold must be greater than or equal to the growth of one-fourth of a foot per week, plus the initial height of 3 feet.

Answer 1

Option 4th is correct.

Explanation:

Lamont created the inequality
`h \geq 14w+3`

Here h represents the height of the tree.

The correct answer is :

4) The height of the tree when it is sold must be greater than or equal to the growth of one-fourth of a foot per week, plus the initial height of 3 feet.

We can see that 3 is constant that means it must be the initial height.

1/4w means one fourth of a foot per week where w represents the number of weeks the plant needs to grow before being sold out.

And the height or h must be greater than or equal to the resulting height.

So, 4th option is correct.

Answer 2

4 is the correct answer

Explanation:

This is a easy question for you to think about:

H show the height of the tree needed before it can be sold

≥: this symbol means greather than or equal and in this case, the tree need to be greater than or equal to 14w + 3 before it can be sold

Therefore, only anwer 4 satisfied

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