An elephant needs to drink at least 40 gallons of water each day. A drinking tank contains 4 gallons of water. The elephant has already consumed 24 gallons of water. How many more tanks x of water does the elephant need to drink? Write your answer as an inequality.

it requires more than or equal to 4 tanks

Step-by-step explanation:

An elephant needs to drink at least 40 gallons of water each day. A drinking tank contains 4 gallons of water. The elephant has already consumed 24 gallons of water. How many more tanks x of water does the elephant need to drink? Write your answer as an inequality.

An elephant drinks 40 gallons of water

a tank contains 4 gallon of water

lets convert the 40 gallons of water to tanks, t

40/4=10t

the elephant has consumed 24 gallons already

it means it has consumed 24/4=6t

x=more tanks need to drink

xt+6t≥10t ... 1

xt≥10t-6t

x≥4

it requires more than or equal to 4 tanks

x≥4

Step-by-step explanation

24+4x≥40. Subtract 24 from both sides to get 4x≥16. Divide both sides by 4 to get x≥4.