Problema Solution

An elephant needs to drink at least 40 gallons of water each day. A drinking tank contains 4 gallons of water. The elephant has already consumed 24 gallons of water. How many more tanks x of water does the elephant need to drink? Write your answer as an inequality.

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The inequality that represents the situation described in the problem is:

24 + 4x >= 40

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x >= 4 tranks

The elephant needs to drink at least 4 more tranks of water.