Question

An inequality in one-variable is shown below.

2x + 4 = 14

Which problem situation could represent the inequality?

Answer 1

You wrote:

2*x + 4 = 14

This is not an inequality, so i guess that you wanted to write something like:

2*x + 4 ≥ 14

Now, this means that the left equation is always equal to or larger than 14.

Now, which type of problem this may represent?

Well, 2*x + 4 should represent something that is larger than 14, only that.

Then we can write something like:

"You have 4 dinosaur toys, and in the toy store near your house, they sell packs of 2 dinosaur toys. If you want to have at least 14 dinosaur toys, how many packs can you buy?"

Now x represents the number of packs that you buy.

2*x is the number of dinosaurs in these packs

2*x + 4 is the total number of dinosaurs that you have, when you also count the ones that you previously had.

2*x + 4 ≥ 14

Is the inequality that represents the problem.