SOLUTION: Instructions: Write an equality for the given sentence. At least 568 students attended Ashworth H.S. My answer: 568> j Choices: a. 568>or equal to j b. j> or equal to 56

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Question 451587: Instructions: Write an equality for the given sentence.
At least 568 students attended Ashworth H.S.
My answer: 568> j
Choices:
a. 568>or equal to j
b. j> or equal to 568
568>j
j< 568

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
568 > j means that 568 was greater than j, the number of students that attended, so this is incorrect.


The only possible choice is j >= 568, since this means that the number of students was 568 or greater.

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