SOLVING

PROBLEMS
INVOLVING
QUADRATIC
INEQUALITIES
CAMILLE AGBUYA
YRA ANGILENE SUNIGA
STUDENT TEACHERS
 Transform the following
WARM UP verbal statements into
mathematical sentence.
ACTIVITY
1. Thrice the number added
to ten is greater than
fourteen

10 + 3x > 14
 2. A number subtracted
from eleven is greater than 3. Twice the number
or equal to five.
increased by twenty is less
than four..
11 – x ≥ 5

2x + 20 < 4
 4. Twice the number
subtracted from eight is 5. The sum of three and a
greater than a number number is less than or
decreased by two. equal to fourteen.

8-2x > x - 2

3 + x  ≤ 14
 DOES SOLVING
PROBLEM
INVOLVING
QUADRATIC
INEQUALITIES
CAN BE APPLIED
IN REAL LIFE?
STEPS IN SOLVING PROBLEMS
INVOLVING QUADRATIC
INEQUALITY
STEP 1: Read the problem
carefully and represent the
quantities into expressions with
one variable.
STEP 2: Create an inequality
based on the given problem.
STEP 3: Solve the inequality.
STEP 4: Given the found values
for the variable, find the
possible value of another
variable.
STEP 5: Check the results.
EXAMPLE 1:
Jeff wants to build a
rectangular garden
enclosed with a fence. He
wants the length of the
garden to be 5 meters
longer than the width. If the
area of the garden must be
less than 14 square meters,
what are the possible
dimensions of Jeff’s garden?
Jeff wants to build a rectangular garden SOLUTION:
enclosed with a fence. He wants the
length of the garden to be five meters
longer than its width. If the area of a
garden must be less than 14 square
meters, what are the possible dimensions
of Jeff’s garden?

Given:
Let width (w) = x
length (l)= x + 5
Area (A) < 14 Critical points: -7 and 2

A B C
A = lw
Intervals
1st Interval:
2nd Interval:
3rd Interval:
 2nd Interval:
Let
Test points

1st Interval:
0
Let
TRUE

3rd Interval:
Let

FALSE

FALSE
 If x = 1

Therefore, the solution set

is { x : -7 < x < 2} 6

Since there are no negative and If x = 1.5

zero dimensions, the value of x
are all the points between 0 and
2.

THE POSSIBLE DIMENSIONS OF JEFF’S

GARDEN CAN BE:
l = 6m; w = 1m; A =
l = 6.5m; w = 1.5m; A =
EXAMPLE 2: Mark made a rectangle with an Area
which is at most 35cm, where the width is
2cm more than its length. Find the
Mark made a possible dimension of the rectangle.

rectangle with an
Given:
Area which is at most Let length (l) = x
35cm, where the width (w) = x + 2
width is 2cm more Area
than its length. Find
the possible A = lw
dimension of the
rectangle.
SOLUTION:
Test points

1st Interval:
Let

Critical points: -7 and 5

A B C FALSE
Intervals
1st Interval:
2nd Interval:
3rd Interval:
2nd Interval: Therefore, the solution set
Let
is
Since there are no negative and
zero dimensions, the value of x are
all the points between 0 and 5.
TRUE

3rd Interval:
Let

FALSE
THE POSSIBLE DIMENSIONS OF JEFF’S
GARDEN CAN BE:
l = 5cm ;w = 7cm; A =
IT’S
YOUR
l = 4cm; w = 6cm; A =
l = 3cm; w = 5cm; A =
l = 2cm; w = 4cm; A =
l = 1cm; w = 3cm; A =

TURN!
 1. Darren wants to build a
Milktea Cafe which has
rectangular area less than 18.
The length should be 3 meters
longer than the width. What
are the possible dimensions of
Darren’s Milktea Café?
2. Captain Jack accumulated
more treasures, so he wanted
a treasure chest. His assistant
Cole prepare an area where
he can put his newly bought
treasure chest, which has a
length of 6ft longer than its
width, and at least . What is
the greatest possible
dimension/s of the treasure
chest