1.   What is the solution to the sentence ''A number decreased by -5 is at least 7''?
    A. B.
    C. {x | x < 2} D. {x | x > 2}
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  2.   Solve -3x - 5 > 22.
    A. {x | x > -9} B. {x | x < -81}
    C. D. {x | x < -9}
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  3.   Choose the inequality whose solution set is graphed below.
   
    A. B. -5 < x < 5
    C. x < -3 and x > 0 D. x > -3 or x < 2
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  4.   Which inequality is graphed below?
   
    A. x < 8 B. y > 8
    C. y < 8 D. y < 8
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  5.   Solve x – 72 > 21.
    A. x > -93 B. x > 51
    C. x > -51 D. x > 93
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  6.   Solve 22p > 198.
    A. p < 4,356 B. p > 4,356
    C. p > 9 D. p < 9
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  7.   Write and solve an inequality for the following: three-fourths of a number is greater than or equal to –48.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  8.   Solve
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   Solve –7x + 5 < 40 or –5x + 2 > 42.
    A. {x| x > -245 or x < -200} B. {x| x < -8 or x > -5}
    C. {x| x < -5 or x D. {x| x > -8}
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  10.   Write an equation involving absolute value for the graph.
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  11.   Solve
    A. {x| -1 < x < 14} B. {x| -14 < x < -1}
    C. {x| -14 < x < 1} D. {x| 1 < x < 14}
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  12.   Graph xy < 5.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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