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Writing Inequalities

Question 4 of 10 • SS-Math 7

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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