SOLUTION: While training for a marathon, you try to consume at least 2400 Calories each day. For one meal, you like to eat at least 500 Calories. You choose to eat pasta that has 200 Calorie

Question 913398: While training for a marathon, you try to consume at least 2400 Calories each day. For one meal, you like to eat at least 500 Calories. You choose to eat pasta that has 200 Calories per cup. How many cups of pasta should you eat?
1. Let *c* represent the number of cups of pasta. Write an inequality.
2. Solve the inequality.
3. Explain what the solution tells you about the situation.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
While training for a marathon, you try to consume at least 2400 Calories each day. For one meal, you like to eat at least 500 Calories. You choose to eat pasta that has 200 Calories per cup. How many cups of pasta should you eat?
1. Let *c* represent the number of cups of pasta. Write an inequality.
500 + 200c >= 2400
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2. Solve the inequality.
200c >= 1900
c >= 9.5
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3. Explain what the solution tells you about the situation.
That's a lot of cups of pasta to have to eat.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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