Question

Reina's family is taking a road trip. Their car can travel no more than 304 miles without needing to refill the gas tank. They have traveled 221 miles since they last filled the gas tank. Reina knows that the inequality representing this situation is 221 + x < 304. Select from the drop-down menu to correctly interpret the solution of this inequality. Reina's family can drive ______ more miles before they need to refill the gas tank.​

Answer 1

Solving the inequality, it is found that the correct interpretation of the solution is:

Reina's family can drive 83 more miles before they need to refill the gas tank.​

The amount x of miles they can still travel is modeled by the following inequality:

$221 + x \leq 304$

To solve it, we treat it similarly to an equality, hence:

$x \leq 304 - 221$

$x \leq 83$

Hence:

Reina's family can drive 83 more miles before they need to refill the gas tank.​

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Answer 2

The answer prior to this is WRONG. The correct answer is "at most 83" miles.