The directors of a dance show expect many students to participate but don’t yet know how many students will come. The directors need 7 students to work on the technical crew. The rest of the students work on dance routines in groups of 9. For the show to work, they need at least 6 full groups working on dance routines. 1. Write and solve an inequality to represent this situation.

2. Write a sentence to the directors about the number of students they need.