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
The amount of water she needs to add to the pool can be represented by the inequality:
5 1/2 + 1 1/4x ≥ 35
In the inequality, 5 1/2 represents the current amount of water in the pool, 1 1/4 represents the amount of water in each bucket, and x represents the number of buckets she needs.
The inequality states that the sum of the water in the pool and the water in the buckets must be greater than or equal to 35 gallons, which is her goal.