Stefani needs to earn at least $250 for her trip to the upcoming softball tournament. She babysits on Saturday night and earns $48. Write and solve an inequality to show how much more Stefani needs to earn. Show your work.

Answer 1

Let's represent the amount of money Stefani still needs to earn as "x".

The total amount Stefani needs to earn is at least $250.
The amount Stefani has earned already is $48.

So the inequality can be written as:
x ≥ 250 - 48

Simplifying this expression, we get:
x ≥ 202

Therefore, Stefani needs to earn at least $202 more for her trip.