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A restaurant manager needs to rope off a rectangular section for a private party. The length of the section must be 7.4 m. The manager can use no more than 23 m of rope. Which inequality could you use to find the possible widths of the roped off section

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Answer:


14.8+2W\leq 23

The value of the width must be less than or equal to 4.1 meters

Explanation:

we know that

The perimeter of the rectangular section is given by


P=2L+2W

we have


L=7.4\ m

substitute


P=2(7.4)+2W


P=14.8+2W

Remember that

The manager can use no more than 23 m of rope

so

The perimeter must be less than or equal to 23 m


14.8+2W\leq 23

solve for W

subtract 14.8 both sides


2W\leq 23-14.8


2W\leq 8.2

divide by 2 both sides


W\leq 4.1\ m

The value of the width must be less than or equal to 4.1 meters

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