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The island of Martinique has received $32000 for hurricane relief efforts. The island’s goal is to fundraise more than y dollars for aide by the end of the month. They receive donations of $4500 each day. Write an inequality that represents this situation, where x is the number of days.

The island of Martinique has received $32000 for hurricane relief efforts. The island-example-1
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Answer:

y=4500x+32000

Explanation:

If they are increasing at a constant rate of 4500 then that is the coefficient of x, and if they received a 32000$ donation then that is the y-intercept so you add that to 4500x to get this equation.

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