Question

I have SAT's tomorrow and need help with math...

Antonina needs to have worked at least 90 volunteer hours to graduate. She has already volunteered with a housing organization over the summer for 52 hours. Antonina needs to tutor after school for 3 hours per week to complete the remainder of her volunteer hours. If w is the number of weeks that Antonina needs to tutor in order to complete her volunteer hours, which of the following inequalities best models the situation described above?

Answer 1

3w + 52 ≥ 90

Explanation:

If she volunteers 3 hours per week for w weeks, then the number of hours from tutoring is 3w. Add the 52 hours from her summer volunteering, and her total hours is 3w + 52. This needs to be at least 90 hours for her to graduate, so:

3w + 52 ≥ 90