Rosemary’s class wants to donate at least 120 cans during a two-week food drive. There are 15 students in the class. The first week, each student brings in 3 cans. The inequality below shows the number of cans, c, each student should bring the second week.

15(3 + c) is greater than or equal to 120

Solve the inequality for c.

A. c is greater than or equal to 5 cans
B. c is greater than or equal to 11 cans
C. c is greater than or equal to 75 cans
D. c is greater than or equal to 165 cans

Question

Rosemary’s class wants to donate at least 120 cans during a two-week food drive. There are 15 students in the class. The first week, each student brings in 3 cans. The inequality below shows the number of cans, c, each student should bring the second week.

15(3 + c) is greater than or equal to 120

Solve the inequality for c.


A.	c is greater than or equal to 5 cans 
B.	c is greater than or equal to 11 cans 
C.	c is greater than or equal to 75 cans 
D.	c is greater than or equal to 165 cans

anonymous · Answer

A. c is greater than or equal to 5 cans??? I'm not very good at math so I'm not positive that's correct. @strugglingmathkid