On a game show a contestant lost $2 a minute while doing a complicated task. The game show was set up so the contestant could lose no more than $50. Write and solve an inequality that tells after how inequality that tells after how many minutes the contestant is no longer losing $2 a minute

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8 January, 13:34

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Osvaldo Krause · Answer 1

2x≥50 is the inequality

x≥25 is the answer

It will take them at least 25 rounds.

Giovanna Shields · Answer 2

50/2=25 It will take 25 min to stop them from losing 2$ min.