Question

Jasmin's dog weighs 55 pounds. Her vet told her that a healthy weight for her dog would be less than or equal to 41 pounds.

Jasmin's dog can lose an average of 0.5 pounds every week. Write the solution to an inequality that describes all possible number of
weeks 2 for which her dog can be at a healthy weight.

Answer 1

55-0.5x ≤ 41 (x will represent the weeks)

Explanation:

i made x represent the weeks and we know that jasmin's dog can lose about 0.5 pound a week. and the base is 55 lbs since that is what jasmin's dog weighs. 55 minus all the weight that jasmin's dog will lose in a certain amount of weeks is the first part. then we know jasmin's dog has to be less than or equal to 41 lbs. so put that there with the less than or equal to sign.