Sure! Here's an example word problem:
Jenny has $15 and wants to buy a new book that costs $32. She decides to save up money by depositing a fixed amount, j, into her piggy bank every week. After 15 weeks, she notices that the total in her piggy bank is less than the amount she needs to buy the book. So, she subtracts the $15 she already had and realizes she still needs to save up a maximum of $17.
In order to calculate how much money she should deposit each week, we can use the inequality j + 15 < 32 - 15 - 15. This inequality represents the situation where Jenny adds her saved money (j) for 15 weeks to the initial $15, and this total should be less than 17 dollars.
j + 15 < 32 -15 -15 j < 17 Can you think of a word problem that represents this?
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