Question

The post office receives a minimum of 8 pounds of mail per day. How can the number of pounds of mail the post office receives each day be represented mathematically?

A. p = 8
B. p ≥ 8
C. p < 8
D. p > 8
E. p ≤ 8

Answer 1

The mathematical representation for the post office receiving at least 8 pounds of mail per day is p ≥ 8, which means the number of pounds of mail is greater than or equal to 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how to represent mathematically the amount of mail the post office receives per day, given that it is at least 8 pounds. The correct mathematical representation for the post office receiving a minimum (or at least) of 8 pounds of mail daily would be p ≥ 8, where p stands for the pounds of mail received. This inequality reads as "p is greater than or equal to 8," meaning that the post office receives 8 pounds or more each day.