SOLUTION: Suppose you have d dollars in your bank account. You spent 22 but have at least 28 left. How much money did you have initially. Write and solve an inequality that represents this s
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Question 582723: Suppose you have d dollars in your bank account. You spent 22 but have at least 28 left. How much money did you have initially. Write and solve an inequality that represents this situation.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You start out with d dollars. You spend 22 dollars. So you now have d - 22 dollars left
But since you know for certain that you have "at least 28 left", this means that the quantity d - 22 is greater than or equal to 28. So we know that
Now let's solve for 'd'
Start with the given inequality.
Add to both sides.
Combine like terms on the right side.
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Answer:
So the solution is
This means that you had at least $50 in the account initially.
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