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Suppose Jerome reads the following numbers of pages each day. Will he meet his goal of reading at least 85 pages by the end of the day Friday?

Suppose Jerome reads the following numbers of pages each day. Will he meet his goal-example-1

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1. Will not

2. Will

3. Will

User Erunehtar
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Answer:

Explanation:

Jerome has already read 50 pages of a novel and read p pages each day from Monday to Friday.

If Jerome read at least 85 pages by the end of Friday, inequality will be,

50 + 5p ≥ 85

If Jerome reads 6 pages each day,

For p = 6,

Inequality will be,

50 + 5(6) ≥ 85

80 ≥ 85

It's not true.

Therefore, he will not meet his goal.

If p = 7,

Inequality will be,

50 + 5(7) ≥ 85

85 ≥ 85

It's true.

Therefore, he will meet his goal.

If p = 8,

Inequality will be,

50 + 5(8) ≥ 85

90 ≥ 85

It's true.

Therefore, he will meet his goal.

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