Question

Logan needs to order some new supplies for the restaurant where he works. The

restaurant needs at least 505 spoons. There are currently 238 spoons. If each set on
sale contains 15 spoons, which inequality can be used to determine x, the minimum
number of sets of spoons Logan should buy?

Answer 1

X = the minimum he should buy.

If he needs 505 spoons but has 238 then he needs another 267 spoons.

If each set comes with 15 spoons then he needs to buy at least 18 sets.

If he buys 17 sets he will have 255 but he needs 267 so if he buys 18 sets he will have 270 spoons and as he needs 267 he will have 3 extra but the answer = 18 sets