Question

Laura has two large cylindrical barrels of solution in her chemical laboratory. The first barrel contains 900 liters of solution, and the second barrel contains 100 liters of solution.
Laura drains the first barrel at a rate of 36 liters per minute.

Laura fills the second barrel at a rate of 44 liters per minute.

Which inequality represents the minutes, m, when the second barrel contains a greater or equal amount of solution than the first barrel?

Answer 1

Answer:

-36m + 900 < 44m + 100

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

The first barrel contains 900 liters of the solution; &

The second barrel contains 100 liters of solution.

So, Laura drains the first barrel at the rate of 36 liters/ min

Since Laura is draining the solution in the first barrel;

Then; we have - 36m + 900 litres

Also; Laura fills the second barrel at a rate of 44 liters per minute.

Since Laura is filling the barrel; we have: 44m + 100

Therefore; the inequality representing when the second barrel contains a greater or equal amount of solution than the first barrel can be expressed as:

- 36m + 900 < 44m + 100