Question

Adriana is helping track bird populations. She counted 8 fewer birds in Tuesday than on Thursday. She counted at most 32 birds on Thursday. How many birds did Adrianna count on Tuesday

Answer 1

Adriana counted at most 24 birds on Tuesday

Solution:

Given that,

She counted 8 fewer birds in Tuesday than on Thursday

She counted at most 32 birds on Thursday

Let "t" be number of birds counted in Tuesday

From given statement,

Number birds count on Thursday = at most 32 birds

Here, "at most" means less than or equal to 32

Therefore, we frame a inequality as,

Since she counted 8 fewer birds in tuesday than thursday,

number of birds counted in Tuesday
`\leq` 32 - 8

`t\leq 32-8\\\\t\leq 24`

Thus she counted at most 24 birds on Tuesday