Question

A candidate for class president received at least 4 times as many votes as his opponent did. If the winning candidate received at least 716 votes, which inequality could be used to find how many votes his opponent received?

Answer 1

4x ≤ 716

Explanation:

(say x = # of votes the opponent received)

Since the winning candidate got at least 716 votes, we can know that there will be a greater than or equal to sign, and that the greater side will point to the 716: ₙ ≤ 716.

Also, if the winning candidate got exactly 716 votes, then that equation will look like this: 4x = 716. We can use that left side into our inequality: 4x ≤ 716.