Question

Janie receives an allowance of $3 per week. In addition, she can earn $2 for each chore she does. This week, she wants to earn enough money to buy a CD for $13. Janie can do fractions of chores. Write an inequality to determine the number of chores, ccc, Janie must do this week to earn enough money to buy a CD.

Answer 1

c = the number of chores she does
3 + 2c (is greater to or equal to ) 13
Therefore, she must do 5 chores this week to gain enough money