Alyssa is saving up for a computer and knows she'll need to spend at least $750 to get the one she wants. She saves $80 each mon

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Alyssa is saving up for a computer and knows she'll need to spend at least $750 to get the one she wants. She saves $80 each mon

th. How long will she need to save before she can go computer shopping? Which of the following inequalities could you use to solve this problem? A. x < 750 B. x 750 C. 80x 750 D. 80x 750

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SOVA2 [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-26T22:16:51+03:00

SOVA2 [1]3 years ago

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Answer:

$80x\geq 750$

She'll need to save at least 10 months to be able to go buy the computer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of months

we know that

The inequality that represent this situation is equal to

$80x\geq 750$

solve for x

$x\geq 750/80$

$x\geq 9.4\ months$

therefore

The minimum number of months is 10