Question

Scott is collecting cans for his school's annual food drive. He has already collected 3 cans but wants to collect at least 12 cans in all. Write and solve an inequality to show how many more cans Scott needs to collect to reach his goal.

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that Scott has already collected 3 cans but wants to collect at least 12 cans in all.

The inequality to show the number of cans that Scott needs to collect to reach his goal will be:

x + 3 ≥ 12

x ≥ 12 - 3

x ≥ 9

To each his goal, he has to collect at least 9 more cans.