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Solving Two-Step Inequalities — Unit test

Question 22 • 7th Grade Math CR Summer School

Jose’s school has 426 students. His principal has promised the Student Council that their idea will be carried out if they can get at least 25% of the student population to sign a petition. So far, 82 students have signed the petition. Jose used the following steps to write an inequality that can be used to determine the number of student signatures still needed:Step 1. Declare the variable: Let x = the number of student signatures still needed.Step 2. Create a ratio equivalent to : .Step 3. Convert 25% to a decimal: 25% = 0.25.Step 4. Write the inequality: .What is Jose’s error?

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A
In Step 1, x should be equal to the total number of students in the school.
B
In Step 2, the ratio should be .
Option B
C
In Step 3, the decimal should be 0.025.
D
In Step 4, the inequality should be .
Option D
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