Question

Darcie wants to crochet a minimum of 3 blankets to donate to a homeless shelter. Darcie crochets at a rate of 1/15 of a blanket per day. She has 60 days until when she wants to donate the blankets, but she also wants to skip crocheting some days so she can volunteer in other ways. Write an inequality to determine the number of days, s, Darcie can skip crocheting and still meet her goal.

Answer 1

Answer:

Total blankets to be mad=3

Rate of work=1/15 per day.

No of days she had=60

Let no of days to complete work be=d

3=1/15×d

3×15=d

45=d

So she would take 45 days.

Days she can skip =

60-45=15 days

Answer 2

Answer:

$s\leq 60-(3\div\frac{1}{15})$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

No of carpet to crochet = 3

She has 60 days to crochet 3 carpets

$\frac{1}{15}$ of a carpet can crochet in 1 day

Therefore to crochet 1 carpet = 15 days need.

So,  to crochet 3 carpet = $15\times3=45$ days need.

She can skip $=(60-45)=15$ days.

So the equation is $s\leq 60-(3\div\frac{1}{15})$

Solve

$s\leq 60-(3\div\frac{1}{15})\\\\\Rightarrow{s}\leq60-(3\times15)\\\\\Rightarrow{s}\leq60-45\\\\\Rightarrow{s}\leq15$