Example 3 Instant Drill 3

Solve the inequality 2x – 1 < 9 and represent Solve the inequality 3x – 5 ≥ 16 and represent 4.2B Applications of Linear Inequalities in One Unknown
the solutions graphically. the solutions graphically.
Sol 2x – 1 < 9 Sol 3x – 5 ≥ 16 Example 4 Instant Drill 4
2x < 9 + 1 The sum of x and x + 1 is less than 27. Find the The result of y plus 10 is greater than twice y.
2x < 10 range of values of x. Find the range of values of y.
10 Sol x + (x + 1) < 27 Sol
x< 2x + 1 < 27
2
x<5 2x < 26
Graphical representation: x < 13
Graphical representation:

○→ Ex 4B 7, 8 8. If the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is

at most 51 cm, find the greatest possible
9. The length of a rectangle is 15 m. If the
perimeter of the rectangle is at least 40 m,
Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically. [Nos. 4–7] length of each side. find the least possible width of the
rectangle.
4. 2x > 8x + 18 5. 7x – 10 ≥ 10 – 2x Let x cm be the length of each side of the
equilateral triangle.

Graphical representation: Graphical representation: ∴ The greatest possible length of each

side is .

○→ Ex 4B 11–13
6. 2(x – 7) ≤ 10 7. 3(x – 5) < 4(x + 1) 10. Sharon has four $10 coins and some $5 coins. If the total value of the coins is not more than
$100, at most how many $5 coins does she have?

Graphical representation: Graphical representation:

○→ Ex 4B 19–24
○→ Ex 4B 14, 15

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New Century Mathematics (2nd Edition) 3A
Level 2
4 Linear Inequalities in One Unknown Solve each of the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically. [Nos. 20−24]
x 1 5x x 7
Consolidation Exercise
4B
 20.
3 6
+ ≤
2
21. 1 + x > +
3 8

5 x − 4 3x − 1 4x −1 9 − 2x
Level 1 22. < +1 23. −3≤
3 2 7 14
Solve each of the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically. [Nos. 1−15]
1. x + 5 > 25 2. x − 1 < 14
2 x − 3 x 3 x − 1 14
24. + ≥ −
x 2 3 5 15
3. 9x ≤ 27 4. ≥4
6
7( x − 4 ) 5 x − 1
25.(a) Solve the inequality ≥ .
x+4 −3 6
5. −4x > 8 6. ≤2 (b) Write down all positive integers satisfying the inequality in (a).
−7
1 − 3x 6x + 2
7. −15 < 9x + 3 8. 3 − 10x < −17 26. (a) Solve the inequality +x> .
2 −5
7x (b) If x is an integer, find the least value of x satisfying the inequality in (a).
9. −x − 1 > 6 10. + 3 ≤ 31
2
27. It is given that the sum of three consecutive numbers does not exceed 42. What is the maximum
possible value of the smallest number among them?
11. 3x + 5 > −2x + 15 12. 5(x − 3) ≥ 12 + 2x
28. In a regular polygon, the sum of the exterior angles is not less than 3 times of each interior angle.
11x x+3 At most how many sides does the polygon have?
13. + 2 > 26 + x 14. < 2 + 3x
5 −2
29. A, B and C are three points on a straight road. The distance
x between A and B is 15 km and the distance between B and
15. + 4 < 42 − 2x
9 C is 7 km. A car travels from A to B at an average speed of 15 km 7 km
45 km/h. If the car spends at most 30 min to travel from A A B C
16. The sum of x and 4 is less than 5 times of x. Find the range of values of x. to C, what is the minimum average speed of the car
travelling from B to C?
17. The sum of two consecutive even numbers exceeds 39. Find the range of values of the smaller
number. 30. Angela has invited 10 classmates to her party. She plans to buy either a story book or a
chocolate gift box to each classmate and the total budget is $1 200. Suppose that each story
18. The perimeter of a regular hexagon is at most 360 cm. Find the greatest possible length of each book costs $150 and each chocolate gift box costs $100. If Angela wants to buy as many story
side. books as possible, how many chocolate gift boxes could she buy?

19. The weights of two animals differ by 10 kg and the sum of their weights is at least 90 kg. Find
the least possible weight of the heavier animal.

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Answer
Consolidation Exercise 4B
1. x > 20 2. x < 15
3. x ≤ 3 4. x ≥ 24
5. x < −2 6. x ≥ −18
7. x > −2 8. x > 2
9. x < −7 10. x ≤ 8
11. x > 2 12. x ≥ 9
13. x > 20 14. x > −1
15. x < 18 16. x > 1
17. greater than or equal to 20
18. 60 cm 19. 50 kg
1 3
20. x ≥ 21. x > −
13 16
22. x < 11 23. x ≤ 5.3
1
24. x ≥
2
25. (a) x ≤ 3 (b) 1, 2, 3
9
26. (a) x > − (b) −1
7
27. 13 28. 6
29. 42 km/h 30. 6

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