Question

Your class hopes to collectat least 325 cans of food for he annual food drive. there were 135 cans donated the firstweek and 89 more the second week. a. Write an inequality that describes this situation. Let c represent the number of cans of food that must be collected by the end of the third week for our class to meet or surpass its goal. b. How many cans are neded to meet or surpss the goal?

Answer 1

Total number of cans that need to be collected = 325
Number of cans collected in first week = 135
Number of cans collected in the second week = 89
The number of cans collected in third week = c
Then the inequality equation will be
135 + 89 + c = 325
224 + c = 325
c = 325 - 224
   = 101
So at least 101 cans are required to meet the goal and more that 101 cans will surpass the goal.