Question

Mel wants to buy a pair of shoes that costs $120. She has saved $45 and has a job that pays her $10 per hour. The number of hours she has to work to have enough to buy the shoes is given by the inequality 10x + 45 > 120, where x is the number of hours she works. The fewest number of hours she has to work to buy the shoes is 7 8 9 10

Answer 1

10x + 45 > 120
-45 -45

10x > 75
x > 7.5

Fewest number she has to work is 8. Giving her $125

Answer 2

The number of hours she would have to work would be 8