Question

Lawrence’s father gave him 200 baseball cards. Each week, Lawrence purchases 25 baseball cards to add to his collection. Which inequality can be used to find w, the number of weeks after starting his collection when Lawrence will have more than 750 baseball cards in his collection?

Answer 1

200 + 25w > 750
200 cards are initially started with and 25 per week or 200 +25w. This value must be greater than 750 so we know when his collection is greater than 750.