Respuesta :
Two Answers: 3 and 3.5
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Explanation:
Let's isolate the variable 'a' in the given inequality.
4a + 2 > 12
4a + 2-2 > 12-2
4a > 10
4a/4 > 10/4
a > 2.5
In the second step, I subtracted 2 from both sides to undo the "plus 2". In the second to last step, I divided both sides by 4 to undo the multiplication.
The solution is a > 2.5, meaning that anything larger than 2.5 will work in the original inequality.
For example, we could try a = 3 to get
4a + 2 > 12
4*3 + 2 > 12
12 + 2 > 12
14 > 12
which is true. This makes a = 3 a solution. The value a = 3.5 is a similar story, so it's also a solution.
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As an example of a non-solution, let's try a = 1
4a + 2 > 12
4*1 + 2 > 12
4 + 2 > 12
6 > 12
which is false. So we can see why a = 1 is not part of the solution set. You should find that a= 0.5 and a = 2.5 won't work as well for similar reasoning.
