Question

June needs at least $575 to go on a vacation. She earns $10 an hour for babysitting and already has $252 saved for the trip. Which inequality can be used to find the number of hours she needs to babysit

Answer 1

Answer:

$252 + 10h \ge 575$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$Savings = 252$

$Target=575$ -- atleast

$Earnings = \ 10$ per hour

Required

Represent as an inequality

Suppose that she babysits for h hours, her total earnings would be:

$Total\ Earnings = 10h$

In inequalities:

At least means $\ge$

So, when the total earnings is added to her savings, we have:

$Savings + Total\ Earnings \ge Target$

Substitute values for Savings, Total Earnings and Target

$252 + 10h \ge 575$