Question

Paul is selling his paintings at the town Square. He has 35 paintings to sell in all and needs to sell at least 17 paintings in one day to

recover his cost. He has already sold 3 paintings since the morning and has 5 more hours to sell his paintings, Paul wants to know
about how many paintings he should sell per hour to recover his cost.
Which inequality represents the given situation?
17 5 5x +3535
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17 3 5x - 3235
17 5 5x + 3235
17 5 5x - 3535

Answer 1

17 ≤ 5x + 3 ≤ 35

Explanation:

Let x be the average number of painting he needs to sell every hour.

He has 5 hours to sell his paintings. So, the number of paintings he sells during the 5 hours is 5x.

He has already sold 3 paintings since the morning.

Write an expression to represent the total number of paintings sold for the day.

Write an inequality for the minimum number of paintings that he has to sell.

Write an inequality for the maximum number of paintings that he has.

Now, combine the two inequalities

So, an inequality that represents the given situation is 17 ≤ 5x + 3 ≤ 35.

Answer 2

Answer:Paul should sell 3 paintings per hour to recover his cost.

Explanation:

Total paintings = 32

Minimum amount to sale = 17

Paintings sold = 3

Paintings left = 17 - 3 = 14

Time left = 5 hours

Therefore, he needs to sell 14 paintings in 5 hours.

5 hours = 14 paintings

1 hour =

Rounding off to nearest whole number;

2.8 paintings = 3 paintings