SOLUTION: John won a gift certificate of $50 to an electronics store. He decided to use the gift certificate towards the purchase of a tablet. The tablet that he wants costs $400. John has d

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Question 1162540: John won a gift certificate of $50 to an electronics store. He decided to use the gift certificate towards the purchase of a tablet. The tablet that he wants costs $400. John has decided to take a part-time job paying $4.25 per hour to earn the rest of the money. Which inequality could be used to find the number of hours John must work to earn the money needed to buy the tablet?
Answer by ikleyn(52898) About Me  (Show Source):
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For example, this inequality can be used


    50 + 4.25*x >= 400    dollars,


where x is the unknown number of hours.