Tony has $727.29 in his checking account. He must maintain a $500 balance to avoid a fee. He wrote a check for $248.50 today. Write and solve an inequality to solve for the least amount of money he needs to deposit to avoid a fee.
We can immediately cross out a and b, because "he wrote a check for 248.50" that means he "lost" 248.50
right? @britany_brittany
yes
Ok now, to avoid a fee, his balance has to be at least 500, so if his balance is less than 500 (as indicated by the last letter choice) he will get a fee
So what does the answer have to be?
@britany_brittany
What do you think the answer should be now? @britany_brittany Give it your best guess using this info..
727.29 - 248.50 (478.99) + x ≥ 500 Hope this helps!
no lets work it out..
he is going to get fined. He needs to add an x amount of money to his account to make the 500 dollar cut.
The answer is C
So he needs to add an x amount of money, not subtract
okay.
Which is why the answer is c... 727.29 − 248.50 + x ≥ 500; x ≥ $21.21
Hope this helped! @britany_brittany
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okay I see what you did thank you!
No problem! @britany_brittany
thank you everyone
@Tom_Boy_Rebel Please follow the Open Study guidelines and don't look up the answers. She didn't even post the letter options, Thanks!
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