Question

Eddy MS plans to collect more than 3,000 can of food to donate to the EG Food Bank. So far, 500 can have been collected. WRITE an inequality to find the number of can the school can collect on each of the final 5 days to meet their goal.

Answer 1

The in equality representing the number of can school can collect each day is
`500+5x\geq 3000`.

Eddy MS school has to collect at least 500 cans in each day.

Explanation:

Number of cans Eddy has = 500

Number of days left = 5

Target to achieve = 3000

Let number of cans which can be collected in each day be 'x'.

Now we know that;

Number of can he has plus number of can which can be collected in each day multiplied with number of days left should be greater than or equal to 3000

Framing in equation form we get;

`500+5x\geq 3000`

Hence, The in equality representing the number of can school can collect each day is
`500+5x\geq 3000`.

Solving the same we get;

`500+5x\geq 3000`.

Subtracting Both side with 500 using Subtraction property for Inequality we get;

`500+5x-500\geq 3000-500\\\\5x\geq 2500`

Now Dividing both side by 5 using Division property of Inequality we get;

`(5x)/(5)\geq(2500)/(5)\\\\x\geq 500`

Hence Eddy MS school has to collect at least 500 cans in each day.