Malik grills a steak minutes longer than he grills a serving of fish. The fish takes twice as long as the asparagus to grill. Malik grills halved tomatoes for minutes, which is minute longer than he grills the asparagus.
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Write an expression that represents the amount of time Malik grills the steak if the asparagus grills for x minutes.
Write and solve an equation to find the amount of time Malik grills the asparagus.
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Grilling corn on the cob takes longer than grilling halved tomatoes.
Write an inequality to represent the amount of time Malik grills corn on the cob (c), and explain how to represent the inequality on a number line.
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1. Expression for grilling time of steak: (x + x + 2) = 2x + 2
2. Equation for grilling time of asparagus: x + 2 = 8
x = 6
Therefore, Malik grills the asparagus for 6 minutes.
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3. Inequality for grilling time of corn on the cob: c > 7
We can represent this inequality on a number line by drawing a line and labeling the relevant points. We would label "7" with an open circle (since the inequality is "greater than" and not "greater than or equal to"), and shade the line to the right of the point to indicate all potential values greater than 7.