Question

Hey guys can u tell me if the top is correct if its not can u show me step by step what to do and what the answer will be and can u guys tell me what explanation I should write in the bottem

Answer 1

You have the right idea and you are close to the correct answer. However that's not what your teacher is looking for in terms of steps.

The starting inequality is $b + 8 \ge 20$
She starts off selling 8 buckets. Then she sells b more to get a total of b+8
This total must be 20 or larger which is why I set b+8 greater than or equal to 20

Solve for b by subtracting 8 from both sides

$b + 8 \ge 20$

$b + 8-8 \ge 20-8$

$b \ge 12$

So she needs to sell at least 12 more buckets to reach her goal

If you graphed this on a number line, then you would draw a closed circle at 12. Then shade to the right of the close circle.