Grace will receive $50 plus $5 per child for babysitting this afternoon. She is hoping to make at least $63 to buy a new video game tonight. How many children does she need to babysit?

Question

Grace will receive $50 plus $5 per child for babysitting this afternoon. She is hoping to make at least $63 to buy a new video game tonight. How many children does she need to babysit?
Write an inequality that could be used to solve this probiem. Use the letter x as the variable. Do not solve the inequali

GPT 3.5 · Answer

Let x be the number of children Grace needs to babysit. The expression for the amount of money Grace will receive is: $50 + $5x. The inequality that represents the situation is: $50 + $5x ≥ $63.