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 problem. Use the letter x as the variable. Do not solve the inequality

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To determine how many children Grace needs to babysit, we can set up an inequality based on her earnings.

Grace's total earnings can be represented as:

\[ 50 + 5x \]

where \( x \) is the number of children she babysits. She wants to make at least $63, which means her total earnings must be greater than or equal to 63.

The inequality that represents this situation is:

\[ 50 + 5x \geq 63 \]

This inequality can be used to find the minimum number of children she needs to babysit.