Question

Tamara is planting bushes around her house. So far today she has planted 5 bushes and she wants to plant at least 12 bushes today. Which inequality can be used to find the number of bushes (b) Tamara still needs to plant?

Question 4 options:


b+5≥12



b−5≥12



5b≥12



b5≥12

Answer 1

`b+5\geq 12`

Explanation:

Given:

Number of bushes planted = 5

Minimum number of bushes to be planted = 12

Let the number of bushes planted after planting 5 bushes be
`b`.

Since, Tamara has already planted 5 bushes, total number of bushes planted is given as:

`b+5`

Now, as per question, total number of bushes should be 12 or greater than 12.

Therefore,
`b+5\geq 12`.