Connie needs to burn at least 350 calories at the gym today. She can burn 25 calories per minute on the treadmill and 10 calories per minute on the elliptical trainer. Which inequality below can be used to find the possible combinations of time she could spend on each machine and still meet her goal of burning at least 350 calories?

A. 25t − 10e ≥ 350

B. 25t + 10e ≤ 350

C. 25t − 10e ≤ 350

D. 25t + 10e ≥ 350

Question

Connie needs to burn at least 350 calories at the gym today. She can burn 25 calories per minute on the treadmill and 10 calories per minute on the elliptical trainer. Which inequality below can be used to find the possible combinations of time she could spend on each machine and still meet her goal of burning at least 350 calories? 

A. 25t − 10e ≥ 350 

B. 25t + 10e ≤ 350 

C. 25t − 10e ≤ 350 

D. 25t + 10e ≥ 350

anonymous · Answer

25t + 10e ≥ 350  sound like right one because you are adding work from threadmill and elliptical 

greather or equal to because it says "at least"