Question

Louella is driving from Melbourne to Pensacola of more than 500 miles. After driving 240 miles, Louella stops for lunch. Write and Solve an inequality to find how much farter Louella has to drive to reach Pensacola.

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* This is a One-Step Inequality Word Problem.

Answer 1

Assume that the distance left to drive is x

We know that the total distance from Melbourne to Pensacola is 500 miles

This distance is equivalent to the summation on the distance already covered (240 miles) and the distance left to drive (x)

This means that:

x + 240 = 500

Now, we solve for x:

x + 240 = 500

x = 500 - 240 = 260

Louella still needs to drive 260 miles to reach Pensacola

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