SOLUTION: Tom has scored 181 points so far this basketball season. He needs to score 207 points to tie the school record for most points scored in a season. Let x represent the number of poi
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Question 1185972: Tom has scored 181 points so far this basketball season. He needs to score 207 points to tie the school record for most points scored in a season. Let x represent the number of points Tom needs to score to tie or beat the record. Write and graph an inequality for x. What is the least number of points Tomhas to score to beat the record? Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) (Show Source):
Tom has 181 points already. He needs x more points to get a total of 181+x or x+181. This total must be 207 or more. That leads us to this inequality
We solve for x by undoing the addition operation. So we will subtract 181 from both sides
The smallest x can be is x = 26. Therefore, the least number of points Tom needs is 26
Note that x+181 = 26+181 = 207
The graph on a number line will have us plot a closed circle at 26, then we shade to the right. This represents the set of all numbers that are 26 or larger.
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