Question

Sheila works for a fishing company. She is paid $20 per day and an additional $2 for each lobster she catches. She wants to know how many lobsters she must catch in order to earn a total of at least $130 after five days of working.

Create an inequality on the number line with the tools provided which represents the number of lobsters that Sheila could catch to earn at least $130.

Answer 1

In five days, she would get $100 no matter what meaning she needs $30 in lobsters. 30/2 = 15 so the number of lobsters she needs to catch could be represented as x >= 15