The winner of a weight lifting competition bench - pressed 400 pounds. all other competitors at least 24 pounds less. Write an inequality that represent

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Dominique Guzman

2 April, 21:11

The winner of a weight lifting competition bench - pressed 400 pounds. all other competitors at least 24 pounds less. Write an inequality that represent

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Double Double · Answer 1

This calls for an inequality equation because of the hint words 'at least'. Let x be the variable that would represent the weight that was lifted by the other competitors. With that being said, 400 - 25 is just the minimum weight. It could be equal or more than. So, we use the symbol '≥'.

x ≥ 400 - 25

x ≥ 375