Question

Nora needs at least $115 for a new cell phone. She has already saved $45. She earns $7 an hour at her job. Write and solve an inequality to find how many hours she will need to work to buy the phone.

Answer 1

she only needs to work ten hours

Explanation: if you subtract 45 from 115 you well end up with 70 a and if you work for ten hours 7 ×10=70 so you would have enough.