Question

Darcie wants to crochet a minimum of 3 blankets to donate to a homeless shelter. Darcie crochets at a rate of 1/15, end of a blanket per day. She has 60 days until when she wants to donate the blankets, but she also wants to skip crocheting some days so she can volunteer in other ways.Write an inequality to determine the number of days, Darcie can skip crocheting and still meet her goal.

Answer 1

x≤ 60 - (3÷1/15)

Explanation:

Number of blankets to be made = 3

Darcie crochets 1/15 blanket per day

To crochet one carpet she needs = 15 days

To crochet three carpets she needs = 15*3 = 45 days

Number of days she had = 60 days

She can skip days = 60-45 = 15 days

Let x be the number of days to complete her work.

Thus the equation becomes x≤ 60 - (3÷1/15)

You can solve for x to determine the number of days, Darcie can skip crocheting, you will get the answer 15....