Question

Ms. Estrada plans to take 36 chocolate chip cookies to sell at a bake sale. She wants to bake

enough to keep at least 24 cookies for her cookie jar at home.
Let x represent how many chocolate chip cookies Ms. Estrada will bake. Which inequality
describes the problem?

Option 1 : X - 36 > 24
Option 2 : x - 36 = 24

Answer 1

Option 2: x - 36 = 24

Explanation:

Answer 2

Option 1: x - 36
`\geq` 24

Explanation:

If Ms. Estrada wants to keep at least 24 cookies, a greater than or equal to sign needs to be used in the inequality.

Option 2 is incorrect because it sets the number of cookies equal to 24.

This is wrong because Ms. Estrada wants at least 24 cookies, not just 24.

So, option 1 is correct.