Question

Deena works at a customer service call center. She fields an average of 6 calls per hour. Employees are encouraged to field more than 240 calls per week. Deena has already fielded 120 calls this week. How many more hours, x, does Deena need to work this week to reach the weekly goal of fielded calls?
A.
x > 2
B.
x > 20
C.
x > 40
D.
x > 26

Answer 1

@mpelcastre4 how many calls has Deena already fielded?

Answer 2

An average of 6 calls per hour.

Answer 3

What does the third sentence state?

Answer 4

The employees are encouraged to have more than 240 calls per week

Answer 5

The fourth sentence. Sorry

Answer 6

oh its okay its saying that Deena has already had 120 calls this week she already calles 120

Answer 7

Exactly so we can subtract that amount from the 240

Answer 8

meaning...

Answer 9

meaning subtract 120 from 240

Answer 10

120 - 240 ????

Answer 11

No

Answer 12

huh??

Answer 13

Subtract 120 from 240 means 240 - 120

Answer 14

and we get 120 right

Answer 15

Very good.

Answer 16

oh okay thank you

Answer 17

We're not done

Answer 18

yass thank you again

Answer 19

So now since she can only do 6 calls per hour and works x amount of hours, At the end of her shift, she'll want to have completed more than 120 calls. So set up

6x > 120, then solve for x

Answer 20

@mpelcastre4

Answer 21

Can you solve for x @mpelcastre4 ?