Question

hector has found a new horse that he would like to purchase for use around the ranch. his brother, joe, has given him $125 toward the purchase of the horse. to earn money needed for the horse , Hector decides to do odd jobs around the ranch for $50 a week until he has saved at most $1,100. (creating and solving inequalities practice).

Answer 1

the money given by joe to hector is 125$

let the hector works for x weeks,

it is given that hector earns 50$ in a week,

so the total money hector wants to save is 1100$

now

$1100=50x+125$

from the above inequality, we will find x

$\begin{gathered} 1100-125=50x \\ 50x=975 \\ x=19.5 \end{gathered}$

it means the hector will work for 20 weeks in order to earn 1100$.