Question

Ellie is saving to buy a phone. She wants to have at least $299 saved before buying one. She currently has $213 saved, and she receives $10 a week as an allowance from her parents. After how many weeks will Ellie have enough money saved? Write an inequality that could be used to solve this problem.

Answer 1

Let x be the number of weeks.

The inequality that represents the problem is:
$213 + 10x \geq 299