Kevin is buying water for his camping trip. He knows he needs at least 20 gallons of water for the trip. He already has five and

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a half gallons. The water comes in 32-fluid ounce (quarter-gallon) containers. What algebraic inequality represents this situation?

2 answers:

Inessa [12.5K] · Answer 1 · 2026-03-23T19:18:15+03:00

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Response: One-fourth x plus five and one-half is greater-than-or-equal-to 20

Step-by-step explanation:

PIT_PIT [12.4K] · Answer 2 · 2026-03-23T19:21:15+03:00

Response:

$5.5+0.25x\geq 20$

Step-by-step breakdown:

Kevin has already gathered five and a half gallons of water for his trip

He understands that he requires a minimum of 20 gallons of water for the journey.

The water is packaged in 32-fluid ounce (quarter-gallon) containers.

1 fluid ounce equals 0.0078125 gallons

32-fluid ounce $=32 \times 0.0078125 =0.25$

Let x represent the number of 32-fluid ounce (quarter-gallon) containers needed to collect at least 20 gallons of water for the trip.

One container holds 0.25 gallons of water

Therefore, x containers hold 0.25x gallons of water

Thus, Kevin's total gallons of water = $5.5+0.25x$

Since it is given that he needs at least 20 gallons of water for the trip.

Hence, $5.5+0.25x\geq 20$

Thus, the algebraic inequality representing this scenario is $5.5+0.25x\geq 20$