By Mr. Graham the wonderful and magnificent.

AKA El
Capitan
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers
 Even George is figuring this out.
THERE ARE NO RULE CHANGES!
EVERYTHING IS THE SAME. SOLVE
LIKE NORMAL EXCEPT WE HAVE AN
INEQUALITY SYMBOL
INSTEAD OF AN EQUAL
SIGN!
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers (decimals)
 0.5x ≥ 0.5
 What operation is being done?
 0.5x ≥ 0.5
 0.5 0.5 divide both sides by 0.5

x≥ 1
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers (decimals)
t– 7.5 < 30
 Opposite of subtraction is addition
 t – 7.5 + (7.5) < 30 + (7.5)
 t < 37.5
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers (fractions)
x+ <1
 Opposite of addition is subtraction
x+ - < 1–

x<
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers (fractions)

 First, always change mix #s to improper fractions
 What operation is happening?
 Undo multiplication with division.
 Remember to divide fractions, multiply by the reciprocal.
 1 =

 Because we divided
-1 by a negative #,
what happens to my inequality sign?
 So we have y < -3
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers
 With first-class mail, there is an extra charge
in any of these cases:
 The length is greater than 11 ½ inches
 The height is greater than 6 1/8 inches
 The thickness is greater than ¼ inch
 The length divided by the height is less than 1.3 or
greater than 2.5
The height of an envelope is 4.5 inches. What are the
minimum and maximum lengths to avoid an extra
charge?
List the important information. The height is 4.5
inches and if the length divided by the height is
between 1.3 and 2.5, there will not be an extra
charge.
Solving Inequalities with
Rational Numbers
 Show the relationship
 1.3 ≤ ≤ 2.5

 Solve two problems

 1.3 ≤
 4.5 · 1.3 ≤ · 4.5
 5.85 ≤
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Rational Numbers
 And

 So 5.85 ≤ length ≤ 11.25

 The length of the envelope must be
greater than 5.85 inches but less than
11.25 inches to not have an extra charge.
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