Question

Choose the ordered pair(s) that are solutions to the system. (There may be one or many correct options).

-3x-y>-4
2x-5y<-2

Answer Choices:
a. (5,5)
b. (2,6)
c. (-4,1)
d. (6,5)
e. (-5,0)
f. none of the above

Answer 1

Answer: C,E

Step-by-step explanation: This is because when we plug in 5 for x and  for y in the first inequality we get.

-3(5)-5>-4

Which equals -20>-4 and thats false so thats not it.

Then we got to (2,6) and we plug 2 for x and 6 for y and get:

-3(2)-6>-4

Which is -12>-4 which is false so thats also not it.

Then we got to C and we plug in -4 for x and 1 for y and we get:

-3(-4)-1>-4 and we get 12-1>-4

This is correct so we plug it in to the next inequality and get:

2(-4)-1<-2 and we get -9<-2 which is true

So C is an answer and we go on to d and e

For d we plug in 6 for x and 5 for y and we get:

-3(6)-5>-4 which is -23>-4 which is false so its not d

And then we go to e which is -5 for x and 0 for y and we plug in and we get:

-3(-5)-0>-4 This is 15>-4 which is true so we go to the next inequality and we plug in -5 for x and 0 for y and we get:

2(-5)-5(0)<-2 This is -10<-2 which is true so e is the other answer so the answers are

(C,E)