Question

Stella needs to fill a small pool with at least 35 gallons of water for her dog. There is currently 5 1/2 gallons of water in the pool.

If she is using a bucket that can hold 1 1/4 gallons of water, how many buckets of water, x, will she need to reach her goal? Select the inequality that shows the minimum number of buckets needed to fill the pool

Answer 1

26 Buckets

Explanation:

To find the minimum number of buckets needed to fill the pool, we can set up the following inequality:

5 1/2 + x * 1 1/4 >= 35

Then, we can simplify the inequality to obtain:

11/2 + 5/4 * x >= 35

Multiplying both sides of the inequality by 4/4 and simplifying, we obtain:

11 + 5x >= 140

Subtracting 11 from both sides, we obtain:

5x >= 129

Dividing both sides by 5, we obtain:

x >= 25 3/5

Thus, the minimum number of buckets needed to fill the pool is x >= 25 3/5, or approximately 26 buckets.