Problem Situation: Eric is adding water to a 60-gallon pool.
The pool already has 12 gallons of water, and he wants to fill it to at least 27 gallons.
The water flows at a rate of 6 gallons per minute.
How many minutes, x, will it take for Eric to fill the pool with at least 27 gallons of
water?
Inequality that represents this situation:
27 < 12 +62
To solve the inequality, you can begin by solving the equation as shown.
Drag a diagram to each row of the table to show which number line represents all of
the solutions for the inequality and which number line represents all of the solutions for
the problem situation.