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

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Answer 1

To write the inequality, we can express Grace's total earnings in terms of the number of children she babysits, represented by the variable \( x \).

Grace's total earnings can be expressed as:

\[ 50 + 5x \]

She wants to make at least $63, so we can set up the inequality:

\[ 50 + 5x \geq 63 \]

This inequality represents the condition that Grace's earnings must be greater than or equal to $63.