Question

Alicia cashed her paycheck and used half her earnings to take 3 friends to dinner. She spent $42.15 on dinner and brought home more than $20.00. Write an inequality to represent the sistuation, using x to represent the amount of Alicia's paycheck

Answer 1

x-$42.15 > $20, or x > $62.15. She receives more than $62.15 per paycheck.