Cooper needs to order some new supplies for the restaurant where he works. The restaurant needs at least 555 spoons. There are currently 191 spoons. If each set on sale contains 10 spoons, clearly Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine x, the number of sets of spoons Cooper could buy for the restaurant to have enough spoons.

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ChristieL260456 ChristieL260456 · Answer 1 · 2022-11-03T22:13:48+01:00

x ≥ 36.4

Explanation:

At least 555 means it can be equal to or greater than 555.

It is represented as ≥ 555

Amount of spoons available = 191

let the number of set = x

Since there are 10 spoon in each set, total set we can have:

10 × x = 10x

The equation becomes:

Total number of sets + Amount of spoons available ≥ 555

10x + 191 ≥ 555

Solving the equation:

10x + 191 ≥ 555

collect like terms by subtracting 191 from both sides:

10x + 191 - 191 ≥ 555 - 191

10x ≥ 364

divide both sides by 10:

10x/10 ≥ 364/10

x ≥ 36.4

The number of sets that Cooper could buy would be equal to 36.4 or greater than 36.4