The library needs at least 15 people to sign up for an event in order to run it. Currently 3 people have signed up, and the library expects 2 more people to sign up each day. After how many days will the library be sure it can run the event? Write an inequality that could be used to solve this problem. (1 point)

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The library needs at least 15 people to sign up for an event in order to run it. Currently 3 people have signed up, and the library expects 2 more people to sign up each day. After how many days will the library be sure it can run the event? Write an inequality that could be used to solve this problem. (1 point)

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
5 months ago

Let x be the number of days.

The number of people signed up after x days is 3 + 2x.
The inequality that represents the number of people signed up after x days being at least 15 is 3 + 2x ≥ 15.