Stella needs to fill a small pool with at least 35 gallons of water for her dog. There is currently 5 1/2 gallons of water in the pool.
If she is using a bucket that can hold 1 1/4 gallons of water, how many buckets of water, x, will she need to reach her goal? Write an inequality.
Let x be the number of buckets of water Stella needs to reach her goal.
The total amount of water Stella needs is 35 - 5 1/2 = <<35-5.5=29.5>>29.5 gallons.
Since each bucket holds 1 1/4 gallons of water, Stella needs x buckets to hold at least 29.5 gallons of water.
Therefore, the inequality is x * 1 1/4 ≥ 29.5.