Question

A florist is creating centerpieces for an upcoming event later this evening. She has already been working for two hours and has budgeted only 6 hours to create the centerpieces. Each centerpiece takes 15 minutes to make. If x represents the number of centerpieces she makes from now until the event, which inequality represents this situation?
120x - 15 ≤ 360
120 + 15x ≤ 360
15 + 120x < 360
120 - 15x < 360

Answer 1

Since, she has already been working for two hours (120 minutes) and has budgeted only 6 hours (360 minutes) to create the centerpieces.

Since, each centerpiece takes 15 minutes to make, the time it takes her to make x centerpieces is given by 15x.

Therefore, the correct inequality representing the situation is given by 120 + 15x ≤ 360.