Question

Sam earned $450 during winter vacation. He needs to save $180 for a camping trip over spring break. He can spend the remainder of the money on music. Write an inequality to show how much he can spend on music. Okay, so is this the correct inequality for the word problem, 450 is less than or equal to x - 180

Answer 1

Considering that he wants to save $180 for the camping trip, that lessens the pool of money he has (x-180). Since earned $450 , the amount he can use for music is x-180 or lower. Thus, you solution \[450 \le x - 180 \] is correct