Ashelf in your room can hold at most 3030 pounds. there are 1212 pounds of books already on it. which inequality represents the number of pounds you can add to the shelf?

answer: (3,11) is your answer.

you ignore the remainder, therefore the answer is y = x+2

step-by-step explanation:

you have to divide the denominator by the numerator. you can use synthetic division or long division.

[-5] .     1 .     7 .     11

x + 2 + 1/x+5