Question

Evelyn has $524.96 in her checking account. She must maintain a $500 balance to avoid a fee. She wrote a check for $32.50 today. Write and solve an inequality to solve for the least amount of money she needs to deposit to avoid a fee.

Answer 1

the answer is 7.54 .he need deposit that exactly but if he's not stingy he can deposit more

Answer 2

ok so has 524.96
must be at least 500
took out 32.50 out of 524.96
how much does she need to put in to get to 500 so

524.96-32.5=492.46
how much till 500
500-492.46=7.54

needs to deposit at least 7.54

inequality is
524.96-32.50+x>500
x=how much she needs to deposit