Question

. 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.

Answer 1

Yeah so do you have an idea how to make an inequality?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

how would you write it? Give it a shot

Answer 4

2445x<1/3

Answer 5

\[\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }x =\]\[\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }x=2445\]

Answer 6

so it 1/3<2445

Answer 7

right

Answer 8

add x

Answer 9

1/3x=2445

Answer 10

how do i solve it b. Solve the inequality by isolating the variable. Show all work leading to your answer.

Answer 11

\[\frac{ 1 }{3 }x \le2445\]