Question

At her job Jessie earns 9.75 an hour. she also earns a bonus of 80 dollars every month.

Jessie needs to earn at least 500 dollars a month. create an inequality that represents this situation, where h represents the number of hours that Jessie works in a month in order to earn at least 500 dollars

Answer 1

9.75h + 80 ≥ 500

Explanation:

Hi! If we look at the problem, it says that "Jessie earns 9.75 an hour." If it is asking you to use h as the hour, it results to 9.75h. Next, she gets a bonus of 80 dollars every month. 9.75h + 80. Lastly, it says she "needs to earn at least 500 dollars". at least is a fancy way of saying greater than or equal to '≥'.

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