Sarah has a $50 music gift card. Each day she uses it to buy a $1.99 song download. For how many days will the gift card have still have a balance of more than $30?
Write an inequality to solve the problem and then solve showing your work. Explain what the solution to the inequality means.

Question

Sarah has a $50 music gift card. Each day she uses it to buy a $1.99 song download. For how many days will the gift card have still have a balance of more than $30?
Write an inequality to solve the problem and then solve showing your work. Explain what the solution to the inequality means.

anonymous · Answer

50-30=20

1.99x=20 

20/1.99=10.05 so 10 days

1.99 is the price of a song download
x is the amount of days
20 is the amount of money that can be used to be above $30