Question

Jonas runs A store that sells guinea pigs he wants to ensure that he has more than 1 pound of dry food for every five guinea pigs he has in the store he currently has 8 pounds of dry food and wants to know how many guinea pigs can he have in the store right and solve the inequality to solve the problem what is the solution to the inequality

Answer 1

B :)

Explanation:

Answer 2

x ≤ 40

Explanation:

Pounds of food : number of guinea pigs

1 pound : 5 guinea pigs

8 pounds : x guinea pigs

Where,

x = number of guinea pigs at 8 pounds of food

Inequality:

1 : 5 ≤ 8 : x

1/5 ≤ 8/x

Cross product

1*x ≤ 5*8

x ≤ 40

The solution to the inequality is

x ≤ 40