Question

Grant reads as part of his homework each week. he must read for at least 4 hours each week as part of his homework. This past weekend, he reads for 1.5 hours. Grant makes a graph of the inequality 5n +1.5 greater than or equal to 4 to determine all the numbers,n,of hourse he could read on each of the 5 weekdays this week. The graph is shown. Which describes the solution set of the inequality.

Answer 1

It appears that the solution set of the inequality 5n + 1.5 ≥ 4 is the set of all real numbers greater than or equal to -0.3. This can be determined by looking at the graph and noting that the region to the right of the vertical line x = -0.3 is shaded, which indicates that all values of x in that region are included in the solution set.

To verify this, we can substitute -0.3 into the inequality in place of n to see if the inequality is satisfied:

5(-0.3) + 1.5 ≥ 4

This simplifies to:

-1.5 + 1.5 ≥ 4

Which further simplifies to:

0 ≥ 4

Since this is not true, -0.3 is not a solution of the inequality. However, all values of x that are greater than or equal to -0.3 are solutions, as indicated by the shaded region on the graph.

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