Write inequalities to represent the situations below.

Question

To be eligible for financial aid, a student must earn at most $30,000 per year.
Use s to represent the yearly earnings (in dollars) of a student eligible for financial aid.
The cruising speed of the bullet train will be no less than 170 miles per

Answer 1

1. For the financial aid eligibility situation, the inequality can be represented as: \[ s \leq 30000 \] where \( s \) represents the yearly earnings (in dollars) of a student eligible for financial aid.

2. For the cruising speed of the bullet train, the inequality can be represented as: \[ c \geq 170 \] where \( c \) represents the cruising speed of the bullet train (in miles per hour).