Question

Your car holds at most 14.5 gallons of gas. on the way to the grocery store, you use 1.5 gallons of gas. write an inequality to show the amount of gas you have left in your tank.

Answer 1

Explanation:

If the car holds at most 14.5 gallons of gas and you use 1.5 gallons of gas on the way to the grocery store, the amount of gas you have left in your tank can be represented by the inequality:

`14.5 - 1.5 < = x`

This inequality can be read as "14.5 minus 1.5 is less than or equal to the amount of gas you have left in your tank, x."

Solving for x, we get:

`x > = 13`

So the amount of gas you have left in your tank is greater than or equal to 13 gallons.