Question

1. missy is getting married and addressing invitations. she has at least 140 envelopes and has addressed 26 of them. write an inequality that describes how many more invitations must be addressed.

Explanation:

Step1: Define variable for remaining invites

Let $x$ = number of additional invitations to address.

Step2: Set up total addressed inequality

Total addressed = 26 + $x$, which must be ≥ 140.
$26 + x \geq 140$

Step3: Simplify the inequality

Subtract 26 from both sides.
$x \geq 140 - 26$
$x \geq 114$

Answer:

$x \geq 114$ (where $x$ is the number of additional invitations to address)