Problem

Alicia cashed half of her paycheck and set aside the other half to take her friends out to dinner. She spent \( \$ 42.15 \) on dinner and brought home more than \( \$ 20.00 \). Write an inequality to represent the situation, using \( x \) to represent the amount of Alicia's paycheck.

Solution

Step 1 :x/2 - 42.15 > 20

Step 2 :x/2 > 62.15

Step 3 :x > 124.3

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