Question

There are 60 members in the school glee club. The glee club needs to raise at least $5,000 for a trip toa national competition. The school agreed to contribute $1,000 toward the trip. Which of theinequalities below shows the amount of money that each glee club member needs to raise to help payfor the trip.a) 60x + 1,000 > 5,000b) 60x + 5,000 > 1,000c) 1,000x + 60 < 5,000

Answer 1

Let x be the amount raised by each club member. Since there are 60 members, the amount raised by them would be

`60x`

Now, we know the school contributed $1,000. Now, the amount raised is:

`60x+1000`

Since this amount has to be at least $5,000, we have that the inequality that shows the amount of money that each glee club member needs to raise to help pay for the trip is:

`60x+1000>5000`

Answer: Option A