5. A train travels two different routes: the North Route and the South Route. • On Monday, the train traveled the North Route 8 times and the South Route 10 times, traveling a total of 410 miles. • On Tuesday, the train traveled the North Route 15 times and the South Route 11 times, traveling a total of 575 miles. How long is each route?

North Route is 20 miles, and South Route is 25 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the length of the North route be represented by x and that of the South route be represented by y.

On Monday,

8x + 10y = 410

On Tuesday,

15x + 11y = 575

So that,

8x + 10y = 410 .............. 1

15x + 11y = 575 ......... 2

Using substitution method, from equation 1;

x = ................. 3

Substitute the expression for x into equation 2,

15() + 11y = 575

multiply through by 8,

6150 - 150y + 88y = 4600

6150 - 62y = 4600

6150 - 4600 = 62y

1550 = 62y

divide through by 62 to have,

y = 25

Substitute the value of y in equation 3

x =

  =

  = 20

x = 20

Thus, North Route is 20 miles, and South Route is 25 miles.

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

step-by-step explanation: