2. At Fly-Right Airlines, passengers are informed that checked bags must weigh 40 lb or less, or they will have to pay a fee for an oversized bag. (a) Write an inequality that represents the weight of a checked bag that will not result in a fee. Let w represent the weight of the bag. (b) Are there any solutions to the inequality that do not make sense for this situation? Explain.

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Samuel Blevins

Mathematics

2 June, 20:08

2. At Fly-Right Airlines, passengers are informed that checked bags must weigh 40 lb or less, or they will have to pay a fee for an oversized bag. (a) Write an inequality that represents the weight of a checked bag that will not result in a fee. Let w represent the weight of the bag. (b) Are there any solutions to the inequality that do not make sense for this situation? Explain.

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Neveah Rollins · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

a) w < = 40 lbs

b) Do you have any bag that weigh 0 lbs or negative lbs?

We need to rewrite the inequality so that these are not there

0< = w < = 40 lbs