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her checking account the must maintain a $500 balance to avoid a fee She wrote a check for $245 50 today Write and solve an
nequality that would be used for the least amount of money she needs to deposit to avoid a fee
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Answer 1

500 ≥ 245.50

500 - 245.50 ≥ 0

254.50 ≥ 0

Therefore, she needs to deposit at least $245.50 to avoid a fee.

Explanation:

Let x be the least amount of money she needs to deposit to avoid a fee.

The balance in her checking account after writing the check would be (500 - 245.50) = 254.50.

To avoid a fee, the balance must be greater than or equal to 500, so we can write the inequality as:

x + 254.50 ≥ 500

Solving for x, we get:

x ≥ 500 - 254.50

x ≥ 245.50