Question

Charlotte needs to collect at least 5,000 signatures for her petition. She has already collected 3,187 signatures. Write and solve an equation to determine how many more signatures Charlotte needs.​

Answer 1

Okay!

The most important part of this problem is knowing which inequality sign to use

Greater than >

Less Than  <

Equal to .. =

Greater or equal to ≥

Less than or equal to  ≤

Charlotte needs AT LEAST 5,000 votes, meaning she has to have 5,000 votes or more

That means we use this sign →  ≤

Now lets set up an equation to find how many more we need

5,000  ≤  3,187 + X

solve for X

1,813 ≤ X

Hope I helped :) Sorry for the long explanation