Stefani needs to earn $250 for her trip to the upcoming softball tournament. She babysits on Saturday night and earns $48. Write and solve an inequality to show how much more Stefani needs to earn. Show your work

Answer 1

Let x represent the additional amount Stefani needs to earn.

She has already earned $48 from babysitting, so the total amount she has earned is $48 + x.

We know that she needs to earn a total of $250.

Therefore, the inequality representing the amount of money Stefani still needs to earn is:

48 + x < 250

To solve for x, we subtract 48 from both sides:

x < 250 - 48
x < 202

Stefani still needs to earn less than $202 more in order to reach her goal of $250 for the tournament.