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Word Problem Inequalities, a la Shmoop. On vacation in the Galapagos, your worst fear

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comes true...

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Zombie tortoises strike. You can see at least three thousand of them

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shuffling toward you.

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If "Z" represents the number of zombie tortoises, how would you put this into an inequality?

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Here are your options. The open part of the symbol should face whichever

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value is greater...

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Just like the gaping maw of the zombie tortoise opens wide, hungry for delicious brains...

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Or an ankle... since they're pretty low to the ground.

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Anyway, the answer is B. Since Z is greater than or equal to three thousand, you want

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to put a line under the symbol. You need to get off the island. You know how

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zombies are slower than humans? Zombie tortoises are even slower than regular tortoises. You

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have a lot of time.

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You have at most fourteen days before the zombies reach you. If "d" equals your days

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to live, how would you express this with an inequality?

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Here are your choices: Don't worry, we have plenty of time to break

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this down. "At most" can also mean "fourteen or fewer."

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B shows "greater than," so that one's out.

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D is equals, so that one's out too. You could have fewer than fourteen days, so you better

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play it safe.

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"Fourteen or fewer" also means that "d" is "less than or equal to fourteen."

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So the answer is C. So you have two weeks before those zombie

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tortoises start munching away on your brain.

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Slow and steady may not win this race.

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