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The high temperature outside one day is 100 degrees. The high temperature decreases at a constant rate of 4 degrees per week. How many weeks could have passed if the high temperature is now above 40 degrees?
Write an inequality to represent the situation. Use x to represent the number of weeks.
100−4x>40
Nice!
You just wrote an inequality to represent the situation. Now solve the associated equation, 100 - 4x = 40, to find the boundary for the inequality. Show your work or solve on paper.
100 - 4x > 40
100−4x
=
40
x
=
15
Good work!
You found that x = 15 is the solution to the associated equation and the boundary of the inequality. Does the boundary, x = 15, make the inequality true or false?
x= 14 x=15 (boundary) x= 16
100 - 4x > 40 ?
True
False
?
Write an inequality to represent the situation. Use x to represent the number of weeks.
100−4x>40
Nice!
You just wrote an inequality to represent the situation. Now solve the associated equation, 100 - 4x = 40, to find the boundary for the inequality. Show your work or solve on paper.
100 - 4x > 40
100−4x
=
40
x
=
15
Good work!
You found that x = 15 is the solution to the associated equation and the boundary of the inequality. Does the boundary, x = 15, make the inequality true or false?
x= 14 x=15 (boundary) x= 16
100 - 4x > 40 ?
True
False
?
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Let's evaluate the inequality \(100 - 4x > 40\) at the boundary \(x = 15\).
### Step 1: Substitute \(x = 15\) into the inequality
\[
100 - 4(15) > 40
\]
### Step 2: Calculate
\[
100 - 60 > 40
\]
\[
40 > 40
\]
### Conclusion
Since \(40\) is not greater than \(40\), the statement is **false**.
Thus, at \(x = 15\):
- \(100 - 4x > 40\) is false.
Now to check the points around the boundary:
- For \(x = 14\):
- \(100 - 4(14) = 100 - 56 = 44 > 40\) (True)
- For \(x = 16\):
- \(100 - 4(16) = 100 - 64 = 36 > 40\) (False)
So, for the inequality \(100 - 4x > 40\):
- \(x = 14\) (True)
- \(x = 15\) (False - this is the boundary)
- \(x = 16\) (False)
The solution to the inequality \(100 - 4x > 40\) is:
\[
x < 15
\]
Therefore, the number of weeks that could have passed if the high temperature is now above 40 degrees is \(x\) can be any integer from \(0\) to \(14\).
### Step 1: Substitute \(x = 15\) into the inequality
\[
100 - 4(15) > 40
\]
### Step 2: Calculate
\[
100 - 60 > 40
\]
\[
40 > 40
\]
### Conclusion
Since \(40\) is not greater than \(40\), the statement is **false**.
Thus, at \(x = 15\):
- \(100 - 4x > 40\) is false.
Now to check the points around the boundary:
- For \(x = 14\):
- \(100 - 4(14) = 100 - 56 = 44 > 40\) (True)
- For \(x = 16\):
- \(100 - 4(16) = 100 - 64 = 36 > 40\) (False)
So, for the inequality \(100 - 4x > 40\):
- \(x = 14\) (True)
- \(x = 15\) (False - this is the boundary)
- \(x = 16\) (False)
The solution to the inequality \(100 - 4x > 40\) is:
\[
x < 15
\]
Therefore, the number of weeks that could have passed if the high temperature is now above 40 degrees is \(x\) can be any integer from \(0\) to \(14\).
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