Gus is knitting a scarf in the shape of a parallelogram. The height of the parallelogram will be 25 cm. He only has enough yarn to knit a maximum area of 1,000 cm2 . How would you write an inequality to express the possible length of the base, b , of the parallelogram?
1. 42 ≤ 1/2
2. 1,000 ≥ 25
3. 100 < 8
4. < 12
5. > 7.5
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Let b be the length of the base of the parallelogram. The area of a parallelogram is given by the formula A = b*h, where A is the area, b is the length of the base, and h is the height.
Given that h = 25 cm and the maximum allowed area is 1,000 cm^2, we can write the following inequality:
b * 25 <= 1000
Dividing both sides by 25:
b <= 40
Therefore, the inequality to express the possible length of the base of the parallelogram is:
b <= 40