Question

Megan is taking us to buy a new cell phone that costs $220.00 so far she has saved $175.00 Megan would like to buy this cell phone in four weeks write and solve an inequality to represent at least how much to save every week is the new cell phone.​?

Answer 1

Megan needs to save at least $11.25 each week for the next four weeks to have enough to buy the cell phone that costs $220, considering she has already saved $175.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to calculate how much money Megan needs to save each week to buy a new cell phone that costs $220, given that she has already saved $175 and wants to buy the phone in four weeks. To solve this, we'll write an inequality and then solve for the weekly savings required.

We'll let x represent the amount Megan needs to save each week. The total amount she needs to save is the cost of the phone minus what she has already saved:

$220 - $175 = $45

Megan has four weeks to save this amount, so we can write the inequality:

4x ≥ $45

To find the minimum amount Megan needs to save each week, we divide both sides of the inequality by 4:

x ≥ $45 / 4

x ≥ $11.25

Therefore, Megan needs to save at least $11.25 each week to reach her goal of buying the new cell phone in four weeks.