Your class hopes to collect at least 325 cans of food for the annual food drive. There were 135 cans donated the first week and 89 more the second week.
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 your class to meet or surpass its goal.
How many cans are needed to meet or surpass the goal?
The inequality that describes this situation is:
c >= 325
To meet or surpass the goal, the class needs at least 325 cans of food.
The inequality that describes this situation is:
135 + 89 + c ≥ 325
To find the number of cans needed to meet or surpass the goal, we can solve for c in the inequality:
c ≥ 325 - 135 - 89
c ≥ 101
So, at least 101 cans are needed to meet or surpass the goal.