Question

Please help! I am failing Algebra!

Answer 1

Manuel plans to withdraw a certain amount of money each month from his savings account to
make payments on a bicycle. For how many months should he withdraw $10 from his savings
account, if he wants to withdraw at most $100?
a. Write an inequality to represent this situation, using x to represent the number of months
that Manuel needs to withdraw money from his account.
b. Solve the inequality by isolating the variable. Show all work leading to your answer.

Answer 2

$100>(or equal to)$10x where x is number of months

x<(or equal to)10, so 10 months or less to get to the $100

Answer 3

OMg! Thanks! Graph the solution on the number line. Be sure to include number labels to show the
values of x on the number line.
d. Write 1-2 sentences to explain what the solution to the inequality represents for this
situation.
3. In a city council election, 2,445 votes were cast for one of the candidates. If the candidate
received at least one-third of the votes, how many voters voted in the election?
a. Write an inequality to represent this situation, using x to represent the number of voters
that voted in the election.
b. Solve the inequality by isolating the variable. Show all work leading to your answer.
c. Graph the solution on the number line. Be sure to include number labels to show the
values of x on the number line.
d. Write 1-2 sentences to explain what the solution to the inequality represents for this
situation.