Monique has $24.50 to spend at the fair. admission is $3.50, and she bought a pretzel for $1.75. each ride costs $2. which inequality can be used to find how many rides monique can go on?

I think you would do this first  add 3.50+1.75=5.25 ( amount she spent so far)
5.25+2x <= 24.50 solve the equation
first, subtract 5.25 from both sides then you get 2x=24.50 then x=12.25 so about 12 rides