Question

Monica has $140 saved in her bank account. She wants to have at least $200 in the account 6 months from now.

A. Monica wrote the inequality 6x + 140 ≥ 200, where x represents the amount of money Monica puts into her account each month. What does 6x represent?
B. Find some values of x that would work for Monica
C. You could express all the values that would work using an inequality symbol. Which symbol should you use?
D. Write the answer to Monica's question using mathematical notation.

Answer 1

Explanation:

B. x = 10, x = 20, x = 1,000,000

C. ≥

D. x ≥ 10

Answer 2

A. 6x represents the money she will have put in her bank account in these 6 months

B. x = 10, x = 20, x = 1,000,000

C. ≥

D. x ≥ 10