Question

Cassie needs at least $140 to buy a graphing calculator for math class. Currently she has $30 saved and her neighbor tells her she can babysit and earn $10 an hour. What is the minimum number of hours Cassie will need to babysit in order to have enough money to buy the calculator?
The equation needs to have a inequality not a equal sign. Please help

Answer 1

Answer: $30 + $10h > $140.

Step-by-step explanation: Currently Cassie has $30, so that is the fixed amount of money she has. She needs $140 dollars, so this will be on the left side of your inequality with a "greater than symbol". Cassie can earn $10 an hour, use the variable "h" to represent the number of hours she will work. Set your inequality like this:

$30 + $10h > $140.

The reason why we use a "greater than" sign (>) is that the amount of money Cassie earns needs to be greater than the price of the calculator to be able to buy it.