Question

Cooper Middle School has a goal of collecting more than 1,000 cans of food in a food drive. So far, 375 cans have been collected. During the last 13 days of the drive, at least how many cans must be collected each day in order to meet the goal?

Answer 1

48

Explanation:

1000-375=625

625/13=48.0769

But since it said atleast the answer is 48

Answer 2

48 cans each day

Explanation:

This can be represented as:

`375+13c\geq 1,000`

(13c represents the number of cans, needed within the past 13 days)

First subtract both sides by 375

`13c\geq 625`

Then divide both sides by 13 to get your answer of:

`c\geq 48`