There are 256 vehicles in a car dealership's lot. At least 113 of them are hybrid vehicles. How do you write and solve an inequality that describes how many vehicles, at most, are not hybrid?

1 Answer
Aug 8, 2017

# x le 143 #

Explanation:

If there are 256 vehicles total, and at least 113 are hybrid, then the most non-hybrid vehicles that there can be is #256 - 113#.

So, let #x# be the number of non-hybrid vehicles. We can say that:

# x le 256 - 113#

# x le 143 #

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