Let x represent amount of money that Tony needs to deposit to avoid a fee.
We have been given that Tony has $727.29 in his checking account. He wrote a check for $248.50 today.
Let us find amount of money left in Tony's account after writing a check of $248.50 as:
[tex]\$727.29-\$248.50[/tex]
After depositing x dollars in account, total amount of money in Tony's account would be [tex]727.29-248.50+x[/tex].
Since Tony must maintain a $500 balance to avoid a fee, so amount of money is his account should be greater than or equal to 500.
We can represent this information in an inequality as:
[tex]727.29-248.50+x\geq 500[/tex]
Therefore, our required inequality would be [tex]727.29-248.50+x\geq 500[/tex] and option C is the correct choice.
Let us solve for x.
[tex]478.79+x\geq 500[/tex]
[tex]478.79-478.79+x\geq 500-478.79[/tex]
[tex]x\geq 21.21[/tex]
Therefore, Tony must deposit at-least $21.21 to avoid a fee.
Answer:
C or 727.29 − 248.50 + x ≥ 500 to keep it short
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