A student works a part-time job and earns $9.50 per hour. The student plans to spend some of the earnings to buy a new pair of shoes that costs $72 . Which inequality represents the possible number of hours, h , the student would need to work to have at least $350 of the earnings remaining after buying the new pair of shoes? Responses 9.50h−72≥350 9.50 h − − 72 ≥ 350 9.50h−72≤350 9.50 h − − 72 ≤ 350 350h−72≥9.50 350 h − − 72 ≥ 9.50 350h−72≤9.50
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The student earns $9.50 per hour and plans to work for h hours. So the total earnings will be 9.50h. After buying the shoes, the student will have 9.50h - 72 dollars remaining. Now, we want to find the possible number of hours the student needs to work to have at Show more…
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