Marie is saving money for home repairs. To date, she has saved $1,555. She needs at least $2,014 for the repairs. She plans to set aside $51 per week to add to her current savings. If this situation is modeled by the inequality below, how many more weeks, x, does she need to continue saving in order to have enough money for the repairs?
$1,555 + $51x $2,014

x 21
x 27
x 70
x 9

Question

Marie is saving money for home repairs. To date, she has saved $1,555. She needs at least $2,014 for the repairs. She plans to set aside $51 per week to add to her current savings. If this situation is modeled by the inequality below, how many more weeks, x, does she need to continue saving in order to have enough money for the repairs?
$1,555 + $51x > $2,014

x > 21
x > 27
x > 70
x > 9

ganpat · Answer

get x on one side and everything on other side of equality..

51x > 2014 - 1555

ganpat · Answer

then solve for x !!