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Write an inequality that represents the following:

The football team is trying to raise money to pay for school buses. They will need a total of $800 for
the year. They were given a donation of $530 and earn $15 for each car they wash. Write an inequality
for the least amount of cars they will need to wash to meet their goal​

User Arbulgazar
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530 + 15x >800

⇔15x >270

Explanation:

Given , The football team is trying to raise money to pay for school buses. They will need a total $800 for the year . They were given donation of $530 and earn $15 for each car they wash.

Let, they washed x number of car.

They earned =$ 15x .

The inequality is

530 + 15x >800

User Yudhistira Arya
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