Ryan had some candy to give to his five children. He first took ten pieces for himself and then divided the rest among his children evenly. Each child received six pieces. How many pieces did he start with?

40

Step-by-step explanation:

10 for him

5 times 6 is 30

add 10 and 30

you get 40

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: