Question 7
Lamont has purchased 20 trading cards and wants to have at least 50 trading cards. Write and solve an inequality to find the number of trading cards Lamont needs. Select all of the true statements.
Let x be the number of additional trading cards Lamont needs.
The inequality representing the situation is:
20 + x ≥ 50
Solving for x:
x ≥ 50 - 20
x ≥ 30
True statements:
1. Lamont needs at least 30 more trading cards.
2. Lamont could have up to 79 trading cards.