A candidate for class president received at least 4 times as many votes as his opponent did. If the winning candidate received a

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A candidate for class president received at least 4 times as many votes as his opponent did. If the winning candidate received a

t least 716 votes, which inequality could be used to find how many votes his opponent received?

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Shtirlitz [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-17T07:41:15+03:00

Answer:

4x ≤ 716

Step-by-step explanation:

(say x = # of votes the opponent received)

Since the winning candidate got at least 716 votes, we can know that there will be a greater than or equal to sign, and that the greater side will point to the 716: ₙ ≤ 716.

Also, if the winning candidate got exactly 716 votes, then that equation will look like this: 4x = 716. We can use that left side into our inequality: 4x ≤ 716.