Question

Which inequality represents the situation: Hailey has at most $500 in her bank account?

A x>500
B x≥ 500
C x<500
D x≤ 500
Tessa chose C as the correct answer.How did she get that answer?

Answer 1

Hello!

The answer is:

D.

`x\leq 500`

Why?

From the statement we know that Hailey's bank account balance could be maximum $500, or what is the same, Hailey has at most $500 in her bank account. It means that she may has from $0 to $499 or $500 as her maximum bank account balance.

So, the inequality that represents the situation is:

D.

`x\leq 500`

The inequality means that she can have an account that is less or equal to $500.

Also, Tessa chose C as the correct answer, because she was thinking that it would be the correct option since the inequality x<500 means that Hailey has less than $500 but she will never have $500.

Have a nice day!