amusement park rides have minimum and maximum height requirements.To ride the roller coaster, you must be between 36 and 54 inches tall.a. Write a compound ineq

Question

16. Certain amusement park rides have minimum and maximum height requirements.
To ride the roller coaster in Kiddie Land, you must be between 36 and 54 inches tall.
a. Write a compound inequality to represent the height requirements.
b. If you are more than 54 inches tall, you must be accompanied by a child. Write an
inequality to represent this requirement in feet.

Answer 1

Let x = height in feet

 

 

a)

 

 

"Between" means the range excluding the minimum and maximum value.

 

36 < x < 54

 

 

b)

 

x > 54