April's guidance counselor says that she needs a combined score of at least 1700 on her college entrance exams to be eligible for the college of her choice. The
highest possible score is 2400. There are 1200 possible points on the math portion and
1200 on the verbal portion.
a. The inequality x + y 2 1700 represents this situation, where x is the verbal score and
y is the math score. Graph this inequality.
b. Refer to your graph. If she scores a 680 on the math portion of the test and 910 on
the verbal portion of the test, will April be eligible for the college of her choice?