Question

on a game show a contestant lost $2 a minute while doing a complicated task. The game show was set up so the contestant could lose no more than $50. Write and solve an inequality that tells after how inequality that tells after how many minutes the contestant is no longer losing $2 a minute

Answer 1

2x≥50 is the inequality

x≥25 is the answer

It will take them at least 25 rounds.

Answer 2

50/2=25 It will take 25 min to stop them from losing 2$ min.