Question

Leslie hopes to be at least 72 inches tall. Right now he is56 inches tall. Write an solve an inequality to find howmuch more Leslie would like to grow.

Answer 1

Let x be more height that Leslie would like to grow.

The inequality for x is,

$x+56\ge72$

Simplify the inequality for x.

$\begin{gathered} x+56-56\ge72-56 \\ x\ge16 \end{gathered}$

The inequality is,

$x+56\ge72$

Leslie would like to grow 16 inches more.