Question

Shane and abha earned a team budget that required their team to collect no less than 2000 cans for recycling. Abha collected 178 more cans than Shane did. Write an inequality to determine the number of cans , s, that Shane could have collected

Answer 1

s ≥ 911

Explanation:

Let

s = number of cans Shane could collect

Abha collected 178 more cans than Shane did.

Abha = s + 178

Shane and Abha earned a team badge that required their team to collect no less than 2000 cans for recycling

Number of cans collected by Shane + number of cans collected by Abha ≥ 2000

s + 178 + s ≥ 2000

2s + 178 ≥ 2000

2s ≥ 2000 - 178

2s ≥ 1,822

Divide both sides by 2

s ≥ 1,822 / 2

s ≥ 911