Question

I want to buy a new sofa from the store. I open a savings account with $700

and save up another $50 weekly. I need to save
a minimum of $1,200 to buy the sofa. Write an
inequality to represent this situation.

Answer 1

Check the picture below.

whatever those savings are on week "x", they have to be at least $1200

700 + 50x ⩾ 1200

Answer 2

700 + 50x ≥ 1200

where x represents the number of weeks needed to save.

Explanation: