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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 find out how many cans are needed to meet or surpass the goal, we need to add the number of cans donated in the first week (135) and the number of cans donated in the second week (89).
Total cans needed = 135 + 89 = 224 cans.
The inequality that represents this situation is:
c ≥ 325
To meet or surpass the goal, the number of cans collected (c) must be greater than or equal to 325.
To find out how many cans are needed to meet or surpass the goal, you subtract the cans already donated from the goal:
c ≥ 325 - (135 + 89)
c ≥ 325 - 224
c ≥ 101
Therefore, you would need at least 101 cans to meet or surpass the goal.