PROBLEM SET - INEQUALITIES

1. If a ball is thrown upward with initial velocity of 16ft/s from a building 232 ft high, then its height h
above the ground t seconds later will be

h=232 + 16t – 16t2

During what time interval will the ball greater than 40 ft. above the ground?

2. If Bench sells x units of a T-Shirt, Revenue (R) and Cost (C) are given by
R=110x
C=600 + 10x
Determine how many units Bench should sell to enjoy a profit at least ₱300,000.00

3. If the annual cost of driving Toyota Fortuner is C = 4m + ₱32,000, where m represents the number
of miles driven per year and C is the cost in pesos, what is the corresponding range of miles that you
can drive if your budget for this year is between ₱400,000 and ₱500,000?
4. If a gardener wants to put a fence around her rectangular garden so that an area of at least 1000
ft2 is enclosed with a 140 ft fencing material. What range of values is possible for the length of her
garden?
5. The temperature T in C
̊ at x meters from the center of a brick oven is given by T=600,000/ x2+300.
At what range of distances from the oven’s center is the temperature at least 500 ̊C?