A contruction company is working on a road which is 1/4 mile long. The workers divide the road into 3 equal sections. Brent claims that each section of road is 3/4 mile long.

Brent would be wrong because each section of the road is 1/12 mile long

Step-by-step explanation:

The road is 1/4 mile long. When divided into 3 equal parts, it is done in the following manner:

= 1/4 ÷ 3

= 1/4 * 1/3

= 1/12

Each section of the road is 1/12 of a mile long.

3/4 is actually a larger quantity than 1/4 so saying that each section was 3/4 of a mile would mean it was longer than the road itself which is not logical.

so firstly, we need to isolate the y variables to be able to solve these inequalities. firstly, add 0.5x on both sides of the first inequality and subtract 1.5x on both sides of the second inequality:

now since the slope is positive for the first inequality, this means that the line going upwards belongs to the first inequality, and the line going downwards belongs to the second inequality.

next, since y ≥ in the first inequality, this means that the shaded region will be above the first inequality's line, thus shading regions a and b.

next, since y ≤ in the second inequality, this means that the shaded region is going to be below this line, thus shading regions a and c.

since both lines shade region a, this means that region a is the solution.

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