Svetlana's hair is 4 centimeters long. Her hair grows 1.5 centimeters per month. Svetlana wants her hair to grow so that it is at least 7 centimeters long.
Write an inequality to determine the number of months, m, it will take Svetlana's hair to grow so it is at least 7 centimeters long.

Question

Svetlana's hair is 4 centimeters long. Her hair grows 1.5 centimeters per month. Svetlana wants her hair to grow so that it is at least 7 centimeters long.
Write an inequality to determine the number of months, m, it will take Svetlana's hair to grow so it is at least 7 centimeters long.

watchmath · Answer

length of hair right now = 4 cm
increase per month = 1.5 cm
increase in m month = 1.5*m
So we want $4+1.5m \geq 7$

anonymous · Answer

can u help with this one Tatiana wants to give friendship bracelets to her 32 classmates. She already has 5 bracelets, and she can buy more bracelets in packages of 4.
Let p represent the number of packages bought. Write an inequality to determine the number of packages Tatiana needs to buy.

watchmath · Answer

it is similar to the previous one. Give it a try!