Question

Mel wants to buy a pair of shoes that costs $120. She has saved $45 and has a job that pays her $10 per hour. The number of hours she has to work to have enough to buy the shoes is given by the inequality 10x + 45 > 120, where x is the number of hours she works.
The fewest number of hours she has to work to buy the shoes is ___

Is it 7, 8 , 9 or 10

Answer 1

X=8 she needs 120, she has 45. She needs 75 more. $10 an hour x 8 = $80