Question

Winston needs at least 80 signatures from students in his school before he can run for class president. He has 23 signatures already. He and two of his friends plan to get the remaining signatures during lunch. If each person gets the same number of signatures, which inequality can Winston use to determine the minimum number of signatures each person should get so he can run for class president?Solve the inequality algebraically.

Answer 1

At least 19 signatures.

Explanation:

Winston already has 23 signatures, so he has 57 left to go (80 - 23).

There are 3 people collecting signatures, so the equation will be as following:

3x ≥ 57

To break down this equation, 3x because each person is collecting x number of signatures, and 57, because if you add those signatures upp, then it will have to be at least 57, therefore the operator should be ≥ .

If you solve 3x ≤ 57, then you will find that x ≥ 19, so they each have to have at least 19 signatures.

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