Matilda needs at least $112 to buy an new dress. She has already saved $40. She earns $9 an hour bab

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    Matilda needs at least $112 to buy an new dress. She has already saved $40. She earns $9 an hour babysitting. Write and solve and inequality to find how many hours she will need to babysit to buy the dress.

    Subtract remaining amount needed after savings:
    112 - 40 = 72

    Let h be her hourly wages for babysitting. We have the equation:
    9h = 72

    Divide each side by 9
    h = 8
     

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