How do you go about solving when an expression is "sandwiched" between two inequalities, such as -3 < x + 5 < 7?

Mr and mrs smith buy tickets for themselves and their four children. the cost of an adult ticket is ? 6 more than the adult ticket. the total cost of the six tickets is ? 40.50 work out the cost of an adult ticket. in your working let c be the cost of the child ticket and a be the cost of the adult ticket.

When keisha installed a fence along the 200 foot perimeter of her rectangular back yard, she left an opening for a gate.in the diagram below, she used x to represent the length in feet of the gate? what is the value? a. 10 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30

How can you tell when x and y are not directly proportional?