Question

For each value of w, determine whether it is a solution to -8+5w >32.

Answer 1

• no

• no

• no

• yes

Explanation:

Let's start by solving the inequality.

-8 +5w >32

5w> 32 +8

5w> 40

Divide both sides by 5:

w> 8

This means that the value of w should be greater than 8.

Since w is not ≥8, the value of w does not include 8. -6 and -5 are smaller than 8 and are thus not the value of w either.

9, being greater than 8, is a solution to the inequality.