Question 982567: It takes 12 minutes to set up a candy making machine. Once the machine is set up, it produces 15 candies per minute. ONLY write an inequality that can be used to find the number of candies that can be produced in 7 hours if the machine has not yet been set up.
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
To write an inequality, we must be given non-equal information
(such as took at least x time, or produced at most 20 items)
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We are given only equalities:
Setup time=12 minutes (not at least, not at most, exactly 12 minutes)
Production=15 candies per minute (not at least, not most, exactly)
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Number of candies=(Total time-setup time)(candies produced per unit time)
Make sure time units are the same (all hours, or all minutes)
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To get an inequality, you'll have to make up something, and since you will have to explain yourself, I will leave that to you.
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