Question

Anna would like to purchase a new bike that costs $205. She already has $31 saved. If she saves a maximum of $12 a week, the following inequality can be used to find the minimum number of weeks, w, it will take Anna to save the money to purchase the bike.

12w+31 ≥ 205

Please show all steps thank you

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

It will take at least 15 weeks

Explanation:

12w+31 ≥ 205

Subtract 31 from each side

12w+31-31 ≥ 205-31

12w ≥ 174

Divide each side by 12

12w/12 ≥ 174/12

w ≥ 14.5

Rounding up to the nearest integer

w ≥ 15

It will take at least 15 weeks