Helena will receive $53 plus $4 per kid for babysitting this afternoon. She is hoping to make at least $69. How many kids does she need to babysit? She writes the inequality 4x+53≥69 , where x equals the number of kids, to help figure this out. Solve her inequality. Use the letter x as your variable and write your x term first.

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Helena will receive $53 plus $4 per kid for babysitting this afternoon. She is hoping to make at least $69. How many kids does she need to babysit? She writes the inequality 4x+53≥69 , where x equals the number of kids, to help figure this out. Solve her inequality. Use the letter x as your variable and write your x term first.

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
7 months ago

To solve the inequality 4x + 53 ≥ 69:

First, subtract 53 from both sides to isolate the 4x term:
4x + 53 - 53 ≥ 69 - 53
4x ≥ 16
Next, divide both sides of the inequality by 4 to solve for x:
(4x)/4 ≥ 16/4
x ≥ 4
So, Helena needs to babysit at least 4 kids in order to make at least $69.