Question

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

Answer 1

half of paycheck was used on dinner
and 42.15 minus that half leaves at least 20

(1/2)x-42.15>20 would be it